This book, originally published in 1916, is based primarily upon, and mainly consists of, matter contained in articles Roosevelt wrote in the Metropolitan Magazine. The principles set forth in this book are simply the principles of true Americanism that Roosevelt practiced throughout his career. As a very young man Roosevelt took an active interest in American history and in American political life. "We fear God when we do justice to and demand justice for the men within our own borders. We are false to the teachings of righteousness if we do not do such justice and demand such justice." "Unless we are thorough going Americans and unless our patriotism is part of the very fiber of our being, we can neither serve God nor take our own part." "Patriotism should be an integral part of our every feeling at all times, for it is merely another name for those qualities of soul which make a man in peace or in war, by day or by night, think of this duty to his fellows, and of his duty to the nation through which their and his loftiest aspirations must find their fitting expression."Theodore Roosevelt1916