“Talkativeness and charm are both, as is well-known, characteristics somewhat feminine; and they often add up to guile. Certainly there was a strong streak of the female in Roosevelt, though this is not to disparage his essential masculinity. Confidence in his own charm led him into occasional perilous adventures – almost as a woman may be persuaded with a long series of glittering successes behind her, to think she is irresistible forever and can win anybody’s scalp.”
