The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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Page xiv
... never seeking to tear down except as part of a definite practical scheme of betterment . " He was not infallible . The swift decisions of a true executive make some mistakes inevitable ; but we can affirm with confidence in the ...
... never seeking to tear down except as part of a definite practical scheme of betterment . " He was not infallible . The swift decisions of a true executive make some mistakes inevitable ; but we can affirm with confidence in the ...
Page xv
... never decided upon a course of conduct or a public action which he did not believe to be for the best interests of his country , and in which that con- sideration did not stand first in his mind . ” THE NATION'S DEBT TO ITS HEROES Every ...
... never decided upon a course of conduct or a public action which he did not believe to be for the best interests of his country , and in which that con- sideration did not stand first in his mind . ” THE NATION'S DEBT TO ITS HEROES Every ...
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... never been excelled . When a group of families moved out into the wilder- ness they built themselves a station or stockade fort ; a square palisade of upright logs , loop - holed , with strong blockhouses as bastions at the corners ...
... never been excelled . When a group of families moved out into the wilder- ness they built themselves a station or stockade fort ; a square palisade of upright logs , loop - holed , with strong blockhouses as bastions at the corners ...
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... never have been settled save for the fierce courage and the eager desire to brave danger so characteristic of the stal- wart backwoodsmen . These armed hunters , woodchoppers , and farmers were their own soldiers . They built and manned ...
... never have been settled save for the fierce courage and the eager desire to brave danger so characteristic of the stal- wart backwoodsmen . These armed hunters , woodchoppers , and farmers were their own soldiers . They built and manned ...
Page 14
... never - ending , for even the times of so - called peace were broken by forays and murders ; a man might grow from babyhood to middle age on the border , and yet never re- member a year in which some one of his neighbors did not fall a ...
... never - ending , for even the times of so - called peace were broken by forays and murders ; a man might grow from babyhood to middle age on the border , and yet never re- member a year in which some one of his neighbors did not fall a ...
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