«0 ROOSEVELT'S BIRTH AND EDUCATION 



equipments. Outdoor life has always had a charm for him, and 

 to this can be attributed in part his sturdy physique and robust 

 health. 



Capable of great endurance, he can distance others in the 

 amount and quality of work he is able to perform. In short, 

 both in mind and body he is a model of vigorous manhood and 

 the " strenuous life" he is so fond of advocating. 



After leaving college he went abroad, acting upon the 

 common impression, not entirely a correct one, that the education 

 of a young American cannot be considered complete until it is 

 "finished off" in some foreign capital. For a while he studied at 

 Dresden, then travelled through Switzerland and elsewhere, and 

 distinguished himself as a mountain climber. There was enough 

 of difficulty and danger in this pastime to suit his adventurous 

 nature ; besides, it afforded him a fine opportunity for exercising 

 and testing his powers of endurance. To ascend the Juno-frau 

 was no great undertaking-, but the far-famed and, one might almost 

 say, fatal Matterhorn was a different proposition. To climb this 

 mountain was to incur risks of a serious nature ; only the boldest 

 and most self-reliant athletes would attempt it. 



Mr, Roosevelt's success in scaling the almost impassable 

 Alpine heights was such as to entitle him to membership in the 

 Alpine Club of London. No one can become a member of this 

 famous club without having performed a feat in mountain climb- 

 ing that is worthy of commemoration. 



