Our tears are precious, necessary, and part of what make us such endearing creatures

Our tears are precious, necessary, and part of what make us such endearing creatures (David Richo, The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them)

:…For animals and birds are like people, too, though they do not talk the same or do the same things. Without them the earth would be an unhappy place

Whereas Taft discouraged the young Yale student from extracurricular reading, fearful it would detract from required courses, Roosevelt read widely yet managed to stand near the top of his class. The breath of his numerous interests allowed him to draw on knowledge across various disciplines, from zoology in philosophy and religion, from poetry and drama to history and politics