Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1905 — Prophesied Teddy’s Greatness. [ARTICLE]

Prophesied Teddy’s Greatness.

More entertaining, perhaps, and equally interesting, are the anecdotes which are told about our President by the Minkwitz family. Frau Fischer distinctly recollects that once she prophesied the future greatness of young She says: “One day I had a conversation with Mrs. Roosevelt, who said to me, ‘f wonder what is going to become of my Teddy?’ I replied, ‘You need not be anxious about him. He will surely be one day a great professor, or, who knows, he may become even President of the United States.’ Mrs. Roosevelt rebuked me. She said such a thing was impossible, and asked how I coudd have struck upon such an absurdity. But, perhaps on account of my impulsive remark, I have since continually watched Theodore Roosevelt’s career, and have always been glad when he has made a step forward in • the world.” —From “Roosevelt’s German Days,” in Success Magazine.