Page:Letter from Pierre de Coubertin to Theodore Roosevelt (1901-12-23).pdf/2

 Chicago Games. But I hope that it will become possible later. May I be permitted to point out that the Games of 1896, in Athens, were presided over by the King of the Hellenes, while President Loubet held the honorary leadership of the Paris Games of 1900, it would be a source of deep regret to all in Europe as well as in America if the President of the United States refused to patronize the American Games of 1904. We wish a solution of the difficulty might be found. I would beg to be allowed to present you, Sir, with copies of some of my books on Education in a Modern History, had I not to ask lease to dedicate to you the book which I am now writting in « La Gymnastique naturelle et l'Éducation sportive ». It will not be out before some months and indeed, I have been working at it for a long time as I meant to have a personal