"you are one of the men who most thoroughly understand and appreciate Lincoln"

   1865. Abraham Lincoln's funeral. Hundreds of people followed the President on his last journey. There is one photo taken in which 6-year-old Teddy Roosevelt is peeking out of their window to take a glance. In fact, his wife confirmed that the boys in the window are Teddy and his brother. 

  Roosevelt’s father was known to adore and respect Lincoln and what he had fought for, hence Teddy was educated in the same way, to preserve Lincoln’s legacy. He has managed to do it. Moreover, his attempt was illustrated on the Campaign Pin for 1904 with a portrait of Lincoln beside him. This was made for the Republican Party 50^th Anniversary. 

  When President Roosevelt was inaugurated in 1905, his Secretary of State, John Hay sent him “a ‘mourning ring’ that contains an oval glass over a strand of Lincoln's hair” as a present because President Theodore Roosevelt was said to be “one of the men who most thoroughly understand and appreciate Lincoln". 

  In Roosevelt Dedication Speech in 1903, he called for the votes of the people by comparing his political platform to Lincoln’s in some respect: “New methods for their solution must be devised but the spirit in which we must face them must be the same spirit that you showed when Abraham Lincoln called and you answered”. His speech is about his fight against tyranny, as Lincoln fought against it. (http://www.co.winnebago.il.us/Memorial_Hall/rooseveltsdedication.pdf )

  “The impact President Lincoln had on TR was profound.  On his desk at Sagamore Hill was an inkwell and pen stand surmounted by a bust of Lincoln.  On the wall near a portrait of his father hung an engraving of Lincoln, and down the hall in his North Room was another bust of Lincoln”. (http://www.theamericans.us/poparticle-lincoln-roosevelt%20connection.html )