Roosevelt: A Study in AmbivalenceJackson Press, Incorporated, 1919 - 159 pages |
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... Government of the United States finds no fault in me . In fact , Government agencies co - operated with me in several undertakings throughout the war . The Federal Government bears no blame . It is the Invisible Gov- ernment that ...
... Government of the United States finds no fault in me . In fact , Government agencies co - operated with me in several undertakings throughout the war . The Federal Government bears no blame . It is the Invisible Gov- ernment that ...
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... Government and to the preposterous Zimmermann note . German Propaganda , in other words , was defeated , not in Washington , but in Berlin . In spite of its restricted expenditures , this campaign had to be financed . I printed and ...
... Government and to the preposterous Zimmermann note . German Propaganda , in other words , was defeated , not in Washington , but in Berlin . In spite of its restricted expenditures , this campaign had to be financed . I printed and ...
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... to a field where his talents as a spin- ner of dime - novel yarns were unable to jeopardize the good name of the Government and the lives of his fe- low men . Mr. Blank , at an informal hearing where I appeared ROOSEVELT 19.
... to a field where his talents as a spin- ner of dime - novel yarns were unable to jeopardize the good name of the Government and the lives of his fe- low men . Mr. Blank , at an informal hearing where I appeared ROOSEVELT 19.
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... Government , was sud- denly sprung upon me . He had been glaring at me ferociously for over an hour . I consented to answer a few questions from him , but objected to the offensive- ness of his manner . He humbly apologized and prom ...
... Government , was sud- denly sprung upon me . He had been glaring at me ferociously for over an hour . I consented to answer a few questions from him , but objected to the offensive- ness of his manner . He humbly apologized and prom ...
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... Government forgives all heresies save one : " Thou Shalt Have No Other Country Above America . " prophet whose sermon runs thus , his name is anathema . William Randolph Hearst , William Jennings Bryan , Robert M. La Follette , Champ ...
... Government forgives all heresies save one : " Thou Shalt Have No Other Country Above America . " prophet whose sermon runs thus , his name is anathema . William Randolph Hearst , William Jennings Bryan , Robert M. La Follette , Champ ...
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287 Fourth Avenue admiration American citizen Americans of German attacks attitude ATTORNEY Authors Barbarian Belgium believe Blank blood Britain British Confessions course Dear Dernburg Edgar Allan Poe EDITOR emotional England English fact fair-weather feel Flame foes Freud friends friendship for Germany genius George Bernard Shaw George Sylvester Viereck German Americans German Propaganda Gertrude Atherton hands hate heart Henri Barbusse Hugo Muensterberg Kaiser Labor Relief leader League of America letter literary Louis Mirror ment mind nation neutrality of China never newspaper Nineveh OFFICE OF GEORGE Oyster Bay PADRAIC PEARSE patriotic Perhaps poems poet poetic Poetry Society political Pro-Germanism professed friendship Psychoanalysis remarkable replied Roose Sagamore Hill seemed Shaw Songs of Armageddon STUDY IN AMBIVALENCE sword Theodore Roosevelt things tion to-day tribute unconscious United Vampire velt verse Vigilantes violation Whitman Wilson write written York City York Evening Mail
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Page 88 - ... spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 88 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 143 - But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate. (Ah, let us mourn ! — for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed.
Page 144 - The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier cares when he is sent where his 222 life is forfeit in order that the victory may be won. In the long fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us is spend and be spent.
Page 143 - But evil things in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate ; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him, desolate !) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed. VI And travellers now within that valley Through the red-litten windows see Vast forms that move fantastically To a discordant melody ; While, like a ghastly rapid river, Through the pale door A hideous throng rush out forever, And laugh — but...
Page 50 - Literature, art, and science," so Shaw sums up the matter, "are free of frontiers, and those who exploit them politically are traitors to the greatest republic in the world: the Republic of Art and Science." Other narrow loyalties, such as those to particular social classes and artistic cliques, seem to grow upon us here in America almost in proportion as we draw closer to Europe; so that as the dangers of the pioneer stage decline, those of snobbism increase.
Page 144 - Seton. leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier cares when he is sent where his life is forfeit in order that the victory may be won. In the long fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us, is spend and be spent.
Page 5 - Bravely drain, then fling away, Break the cup of sorrow! Courage! He who lost the day May have won the morrow.
Page 62 - We here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes tlie light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.
Page 16 - The relation between the two is that of cause and effect. The one necessarily gave birth to the other.