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big ought it to be?” we asked. “It ought to be as 
big as possible and it ought to be placed in Washing- 
ton,” was his reply. 
. Brite pointed out that so large a lion would neces. 
sitate a pedestal that would nearly cut him off from 
view from the ground. And then developed the idea 
of placing the lion in a great bowl. 
That was the beginning of a long period of work on 
a great plan for a Roosevelt Memorial. 
All this was originated without thought of the 
Roosevelt Memorial Society which had raised a 
million and a half dollars among other things to erect 
a monument to Roosevelt. The natural thing to do 
was to submit this offering of ours to that society. 
We have done this, and it will be judged in competi- 
tion with the designs of others. Ifit should be chosen 
it will be because no other competitor, though they 
all be better sculptors, can possibly have the same 
deep desire as I to perpetuate the spirit of Theodore 
Roosevelt and to do him all honour. 
