Anyhow, they wished us well.

I hope they are all enjoying liberty now, and, what is better, deserving it.
Near Fort Totten we passed President Roosevelt's naval yacht, the _Mayflower_, and her small gun roared out a parting salute, while the officers and men waved and cheered.

Surely no ship ever started for the end of the earth with more heart-stirring farewells than those which followed the _Roosevelt_.
Just before we reached the Stepping Stone Light, Mrs.Peary, the members and guests of the Peary Arctic Club, and myself were transferred to the tug _Narkeeta_ and returned to New York.

The ship went on to Oyster Bay, Long Island, the summer home of President Roosevelt, where Mrs.Peary and I were to lunch with the President and Mrs.Roosevelt the following day.
Theodore Roosevelt is to me the most intensely vital man, and the biggest man, America has ever produced.

He has that vibrant energy and enthusiasm which is the basis of all real power and accomplishment.