WILSON, Woodrow. [Theodore Roosevelt].

When a Man Comes to Himself.

"Let us shrink from strife, moral or physical provided we are certain that the strife is justified": First Edition of Woodrow Wilson's When a Man Comes to Himself; inscribed by his rival in the 1912 Presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1915.

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First edition of Woodrow Wilson's work on the fortitude of man. Small octavo, gilt titles and ruling to the front panel. Association copy, inscribed by Wilson's rival in the 1912 Presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt, on the front pastedown, "Let us shrink from strife, moral or physical provided we are certain that the strife is justified. Theodore Roosevelt Sept 1st 1916." Roosevelt inscribed the present volume to Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican presidential nominee in the 1916 presidential election which he, four years after Roosevelt, lost to Wilson. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Scarce and desirable, linking two progressive American Presidents who once rivaled for the Presidency and two Republican candidates beaten by Woodrow Wilson.

The 1912 election was bitterly contested by three individuals, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Taft, who all had or would serve as President. Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" platform called for social insurance programs, an eight-hour workday, and a strong federal role in regulating the economy. Wilson's "New Freedom" platform called for tariff reform, banking reform, and a new antitrust law. Knowing that he had little chance of victory, Taft conducted a subdued campaign based on his own platform of "progressive conservatism." Wilson carried 40 states and won a large majority of the electoral vote, taking advantage of the split in the Republican Party. He was the first Democrat to win a presidential election since 1892, and would be one of just two Democratic presidents to serve between the American Civil War and the onset of the Great Depression.