The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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Page 67
... speaking of exceptions ; I am speaking of the primary duties , I am speaking of the average citizens , the aver- age men and women who make up the Nation . — Inasmuch as I am speaking to an assemblage of moth- ers I shall have nothing ...
... speaking of exceptions ; I am speaking of the primary duties , I am speaking of the average citizens , the aver- age men and women who make up the Nation . — Inasmuch as I am speaking to an assemblage of moth- ers I shall have nothing ...
Page 70
... speaking normally , no man can be of any service to the State , no man can amount to anything from the stand- point of usefulness to the community at large , unless first and foremost he is a decent man in the close rela- tions of life ...
... speaking normally , no man can be of any service to the State , no man can amount to anything from the stand- point of usefulness to the community at large , unless first and foremost he is a decent man in the close rela- tions of life ...
Page 71
... speaking to people who , by birth and training and standing , ought to amount to a great deal , I have a right to say only second to it in criminality comes ... speak to you as if one trait were enough . That is not so . You might Success.
... speaking to people who , by birth and training and standing , ought to amount to a great deal , I have a right to say only second to it in criminality comes ... speak to you as if one trait were enough . That is not so . You might Success.
Page 73
... 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 and the gulf of wick- edness on the other , and it ...
... 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 and the gulf of wick- edness on the other , and it ...
Page 81
... speaking cant to you . I remember once sit- ting at a table with six or eight other public officials , and each was explaining how he regarded being in public life , how only the sternest sense of duty prevented him from resigning his ...
... speaking cant to you . I remember once sit- ting at a table with six or eight other public officials , and each was explaining how he regarded being in public life , how only the sternest sense of duty prevented him from resigning his ...
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