The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... realize with what ardor Mr. Roosevelt dwelt on heroic actions . In his mind , the memory of the Nation's inspiring past hung like a glowing tapestry the " back - drop " of the scene in which dream and thought and will fought out the ...
... realize with what ardor Mr. Roosevelt dwelt on heroic actions . In his mind , the memory of the Nation's inspiring past hung like a glowing tapestry the " back - drop " of the scene in which dream and thought and will fought out the ...
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... realized his danger , and saw that his only chance was , first to beat back Hooker , and then to turn and overwhelm Sedgwick , who was in his rear . He con- sulted with Jackson , and Jackson begged to be allowed to make one of his ...
... realized his danger , and saw that his only chance was , first to beat back Hooker , and then to turn and overwhelm Sedgwick , who was in his rear . He con- sulted with Jackson , and Jackson begged to be allowed to make one of his ...
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... realize that it is his duty to be strong just as much as to be decent . There are a good many types of men for whom I do not care ; and among those types I would put in prominent place the timid good man — the good man who means well ...
... realize that it is his duty to be strong just as much as to be decent . There are a good many types of men for whom I do not care ; and among those types I would put in prominent place the timid good man — the good man who means well ...
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... realize that her work lies at the foundation of all national happiness and greatness , shall rise up and call her blessed.1 1 Address before the National Congress of Mothers , Washington , D.C. , March 13 , 1905 . II To all who have ...
... realize that her work lies at the foundation of all national happiness and greatness , shall rise up and call her blessed.1 1 Address before the National Congress of Mothers , Washington , D.C. , March 13 , 1905 . II To all who have ...
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... realize them in actual life . You often hear people speaking as if life was like striving upward toward a mountain peak . That is not so . Life is as if you were traveling a ridge crest . You have the gulf of inefficiency on one side ...
... realize them in actual life . You often hear people speaking as if life was like striving upward toward a mountain peak . That is not so . Life is as if you were traveling a ridge crest . You have the gulf of inefficiency on one side ...
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