Dear Young Friend

Just a few of the words of presidential wisdom found in Dear Young Friend: "I rejoice that you have learnt to write,...for as this is done with a goosequill, you know the value of a goose." -Thomas Jefferson, to his granddaughter, Cornelia Randolph "As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a bit of silly affection if were to begin now?" -Abraham Lincoln to Grace Bedell "If we are successful [in the election], it will not be handsome behavior for any of my family to exhibit exultation or talk boastingly, or be in vain about it." -Rutherford B. Hayes, to his son "Ruddy" "The other sixty cents are for my other six grandchildren. They are not born yet." -Theodore Roosevelt, to Marjorie Sterrett, who was collecting dimes to fund a battleship "The John Birchers are just Ku Klux without the nightshirts." -Harry Truman to David S. McCracken "If you really believe, you will see them. My [Irish] 'little people' are very small, wear tall black stovepipe hats, green