I would teach the young men that he who has not wealth owes his first duty to his family, but he who has means owes his to the State. It is ignoble to go on heaping up money. I would preach the doctrine of work to all, and to the men of wealth the doctrine... Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen - Page 14by Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
| Albert Shaw - 1895 - 790 pages
...to his family, but he who has means owes his first duty to the state. It is ignoble to try to heap money on money. I would preach the doctrine of work...men of wealth the doctrine of unremunerative work. " MULBERRY BEND. THE CLEARING OF MULBERRY BEND. THE STORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF A TYPICAL NEW YORK... | |
| George Washington Townsend - 1901 - 566 pages
...to his family, but he who has means owes his first duty to his State. It is ignoble to try to heap money on money. I would preach the doctrine of work...men of wealth the doctrine of unremunerative work." NEEDS NO APOLOGIES. A salient point in the public and private career of Theodore Roosevelt is that... | |
| John W. Tyler - 1901 - 572 pages
...to his family, but he who has means owes his first duty to his State. It is ignoble to try to heap money on money. I would preach the doctrine of work...men of wealth the doctrine of unremunerative work." NEEDS NO APOLOGIES. A salient point in the public and private career of Theodore Roosevelt is that... | |
| Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - 1901 - 550 pages
...to his family, but he who has means owes his first duty to his state. It is ignoble to try to heap money on money. I would preach the doctrine of work...men of wealth the doctrine of unremunerative work." \ LOVE OF ATHLETIC SPORTS. Mr. Roosevelt as a boy was quite frail and puny. He was well along in his... | |
| Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 540 pages
...that, alas! rarest of parents, their THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S BIRTHPLACE, IN NEW YORK DRAWN BY J. CONACHEK chum and companion as well as their just judge when...better interest on the investment. He was not a strong child— from earliest infancy liable to asthmatic attacks that sapped his vitality and kept back his... | |
| Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 112 pages
...else. I would teach the young men that he who has not wealth owes his first duty to his family, while he who has means owes his to the state. It is ignoble...I would preach the doctrine of work to all, and to men of wealth the doctrine of unremunerative work. I do not believe in a bluff. I feel about a nation... | |
| 1906 - 938 pages
...out of college — he was practising what, as Police Commissioner of New York, he came to preach : " I would teach the young men that he who has not wealth...men of wealth the doctrine of unremunerative work." He had inherited sufficient means for his support, therefore he answered the call of the state. For... | |
| Walter Rauschenbusch - 1907 - 456 pages
...first duty to his family, but he who has means owes his to the State. It is ignoble to go on heaping up money. I would preach the doctrine of work to all,...men of wealth the doctrine of unremunerative work." 1 The most " unremunerative work" is the work that draws opposition and animosity. Mr. Roosevelt implies... | |
| James Morgan - 1907 - 408 pages
...to his family," he has since said; "but he who has means owes his time to the state. It is jgnobje ,to go on heaping money on money. I would preach the doctrine of work for all — to the men of wealth, the doctrine of unremunerative work." That is the doctrine which... | |
| Edwin Holt Hughes - 1909 - 268 pages
...owes his first duty to his family, but he an^ who has means owes his to the state. It is tJie Method ignoble to go on heaping money on money. I would preach the doctrine of work to all, and to men of wealth the doctrine of unremunerative work." l This advice was meant for those who were beyond... | |
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