The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... means an exceptional athlete ; well - liked but not widely pop- ular . He graduated in 1880 and a year later entered politics as candidate for the New York Assembly . He was elected and immediately sprang into prominence as the ...
... means an exceptional athlete ; well - liked but not widely pop- ular . He graduated in 1880 and a year later entered politics as candidate for the New York Assembly . He was elected and immediately sprang into prominence as the ...
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... means of subduing the Indians , to whom the unending stretches of choked woodland were an impene- trable cover behind which to move unseen , a shield in making assaults , and a strong tower of defense in repel- ling counter - attacks ...
... means of subduing the Indians , to whom the unending stretches of choked woodland were an impene- trable cover behind which to move unseen , a shield in making assaults , and a strong tower of defense in repel- ling counter - attacks ...
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... mean log - huts , and if in the south- ern colonies , were generally placed in the so - called “ old fields , " or abandoned farms grown up with pines . The schoolmaster boarded about with the families ; his learn- ing was rarely great ...
... mean log - huts , and if in the south- ern colonies , were generally placed in the so - called “ old fields , " or abandoned farms grown up with pines . The schoolmaster boarded about with the families ; his learn- ing was rarely great ...
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... means whatever of enforcing their orders , and their tumultuous and disorderly levies of sinewy riflemen were hardly as well disciplined as the Indians themselves . The superior officer could advise , entreat , lead , and influence his ...
... means whatever of enforcing their orders , and their tumultuous and disorderly levies of sinewy riflemen were hardly as well disciplined as the Indians themselves . The superior officer could advise , entreat , lead , and influence his ...
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... means and manners , is preeminently the place of sharp contrasts . The two extremes of society , the strongest , best , and most adventurous , and the weakest , most shiftless , and vicious , are those which seem naturally to drift to ...
... means and manners , is preeminently the place of sharp contrasts . The two extremes of society , the strongest , best , and most adventurous , and the weakest , most shiftless , and vicious , are those which seem naturally to drift to ...
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