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What I can tell you is that it has developed the ability to create weapons
unlike any we have seen, and that it has no compunction about using them against
human beings. It is an evil and malevolent life form, and it must be eradicated
before it can turn its hatred loose against innocent Americans.

I was fortunate enough to kill the one I encountered in Cuba, but where there is
one there will certainly be more. The United States government was originally
dubious about the veracity of my claim, but I gather that recent information
forwarded to the White House and the State Department from England, where more
of these creatures have appeared, has finally convinced them that I was telling
the truth.

Thus far none of the creatures has been discovered in the United States, but I
say to you that it would be foolhardy to wait until they are found before coming
up with an appropriate response. Americans have always been willing to make
sacrifices and take up arms to defend their country, and this will be no
exception. These creatures may have had their momentary successes against Cuban
peasants and an unprepared Great Britain, but I tell you confidently they have
no chance against an army of motivated Americans, driven by the indomitable
American spirit and displaying the unshakable courage of all true Americans.

To us as a people it has been granted to lay the foundations of our national
life on a new continent. We are the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to
pay few of the penalties which in old countries are exacted by the bygone hand
of a dead civilization. We have not been obliged to fight for our existence
against any alien challenge-- until now. I believe we are up to the challenge,
and I am convinced that you believe so too.

I am leaving for Miami tomorrow, and from there I will be departing for Cuba two
days later, to lead my men into battle against however many of these creatures
exist in the dank rotting jungles of that tropical island. I urge every
red-blooded able-bodied American among you to join me on this greatest of
adventures.

Letter to Kermit, Theodore junior, Archie and Quentin Roosevelt, August 5, 1898:

Dear Boys:

Tomorrow I embark on a great and exciting safari. I'm sure the details will be
wired back to the newspapers on a daily basis, but I promise that when I return
we'll sit around a campfire at Sagamore Hill and I'll tell you all the stories
that the press never reported. Not only that, but I will bring back a trophy for
each and every one of you.

School will be starting before I return. I expect each of you to go to class
prepared for his lessons, and to apply your minds as vigorously as you apply
your bodies to the games you play at home. Had I been slow of wit or of body I
would not have survived my initial encounter with the creatures I shall be
hunting in the coming days and weeks. Always remember that balance is the key in
all things.