In 1912, after Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest, he proceeded to deliver a 90-minute campaign speech before allowing someone to take him to the hospital. Was it for patriotism’s sake, or a bull-headed refusal to show weakness? Given his history, perhaps the latter. Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy traces Roosevelt’s battle against weakness back to his childhood as an asthmatic, wildly energetic boy determined to overcome his poor health with a commitment to “the strenuous life,” which essentially became his life philosophy.
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10/20/19 • 33 min
Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole - TR Vs. Weakness
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History Versus is a production of I Heart Radio and Mental Flaws. It's October fourteenth and Theodore Roosevelt is standing before a crowd of ten thousand in Wisconsin's Milwaukee Auditorium. Fifty three year old former president is once again campaigning for the highest office in the land, and he was scheduled to deliver what was supposed to be a typical campaign address. But the speech he's about to give is anything but typical. Friends, I sha
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