The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... citizens . His appeals were heard all over the country and the nation became aware that a new great leader had appeared . He became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1897 , and after he had prepared the ships of America for the war ...
... citizens . His appeals were heard all over the country and the nation became aware that a new great leader had appeared . He became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1897 , and after he had prepared the ships of America for the war ...
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... citizen of a small nation may keep his self - respect if that nation plays but a small part in the world , because it is physically impossible for the nation to do otherwise ; but the citizen of a great nation which plays a small part ...
... citizen of a small nation may keep his self - respect if that nation plays but a small part in the world , because it is physically impossible for the nation to do otherwise ; but the citizen of a great nation which plays a small part ...
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... citizens into two camps , one camp containing nice , well - behaved , well- meaning little men , with receding chins and small feet , men who mean well and who if they are insulted feel shocked and want to go home ; and the other camp ...
... citizens into two camps , one camp containing nice , well - behaved , well- meaning little men , with receding chins and small feet , men who mean well and who if they are insulted feel shocked and want to go home ; and the other camp ...
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... citizen . If he does his work in slipshod fashion , then no matter what kind of work it is , he is a poor American citizen.1 1 Speech to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen , Chatta- nooga , Tenn . , September 8 , 1902 . III ...
... citizen . If he does his work in slipshod fashion , then no matter what kind of work it is , he is a poor American citizen.1 1 Speech to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen , Chatta- nooga , Tenn . , September 8 , 1902 . III ...
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... citizen feel , when a wrong is done to the community by any one , when there is an exhibi- tion of corruption or betrayal of trust , or demagogy or violence , or brutality , not that he is shocked and horri- fied and would like to go ...
... citizen feel , when a wrong is done to the community by any one , when there is an exhibi- tion of corruption or betrayal of trust , or demagogy or violence , or brutality , not that he is shocked and horri- fied and would like to go ...
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