The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... danger . For a long time his answer was only indifference or derision , but gradually his vigorous calls for action began to have their effect . He fought day in and day out for preparedness and national unity , excoriating alike those ...
... danger . For a long time his answer was only indifference or derision , but gradually his vigorous calls for action began to have their effect . He fought day in and day out for preparedness and national unity , excoriating alike those ...
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... danger ; none but natures as strong , as freedom - loving , and as full of bold defiance as theirs would have endured existence on the terms which these men found pleasur- able . Their iron surroundings made a mould which turned out all ...
... danger ; none but natures as strong , as freedom - loving , and as full of bold defiance as theirs would have endured existence on the terms which these men found pleasur- able . Their iron surroundings made a mould which turned out all ...
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... danger when attacked with fire ; but save for this risk of burning they were very effectual defenses against men without artillery , and were rarely taken , whether by whites or Indians , except by surprise . Few other buildings have ...
... danger when attacked with fire ; but save for this risk of burning they were very effectual defenses against men without artillery , and were rarely taken , whether by whites or Indians , except by surprise . Few other buildings have ...
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... dangers of a wilderness life faced . Swarms of deer - flies , mosquitoes , and midges rendered life a torment in the weeks of hot weather . Rattlesnakes and copperheads were very plen- tiful , and , the former especially , constant ...
... dangers of a wilderness life faced . Swarms of deer - flies , mosquitoes , and midges rendered life a torment in the weeks of hot weather . Rattlesnakes and copperheads were very plen- tiful , and , the former especially , constant ...
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... danger so characteristic of the stal- wart backwoodsmen . These armed hunters , woodchoppers , and farmers were their own soldiers . They built and manned their own forts ; they did their own fighting under their own commanders . There ...
... danger so characteristic of the stal- wart backwoodsmen . These armed hunters , woodchoppers , and farmers were their own soldiers . They built and manned their own forts ; they did their own fighting under their own commanders . There ...
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