Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children. 1919.
Presidential Nurse for Guinea Pigs(To Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward)
At this moment, my small daughter being out, I am acting as nurse to two wee guinea pigs, which she feels would not be safe save in the room with me—and if I can prevent it I do not intend to have wanton suffering inflicted on any creature.