 I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man...  Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen - Page 419by Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1922 - 772 pages
...theory. Bowed by the weight of centuries, he leans upon his hoe. Laugh and the world laughs with you. I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. The gods are growing old. An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. "I must rescue... | |
 | New York (State). Governor - 1899 - 356 pages
...Grant, men who pre-eminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil,... | |
 | New York (State). Governor (1899-1901 : Roosevelt), Theodore Roosevelt - 1899 - 352 pages
...Grant, men who pre-eminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil,... | |
 | Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - 1901 - 550 pages
...Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease...but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. "A life of... | |
 | Charles Eugene Banks, Le Roy Armstrong - 1901 - 480 pages
...Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. "A life of ignoble... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 302 pages
...Grant, men who pre-eminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. A life of slothful... | |
 | Edward T. Roe - 1901 - 406 pages
...on April II, 1899, when he delivered his famous address, from which we quote the following: "... I preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife. ... I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shall... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George Henry Warner - 1902 - 512 pages
...quotation perhaps gives the key to the sentiment which runs through the book: <( I wish," says the author, "to preach that highest form of success which comes,...but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who, out of these, wins the splendid ultimate triumph.8 Among the... | |
 | Helen Mathers - 1902 - 344 pages
...tremendously," she went on warmly. " ' I wish to preach,' he said, with snapping teeth and blazing eyes, ' not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine...the Strenuous Life, the life of toil and effort, of labour and strife — to preach that highest form of success, which comes, not to the man who desires... | |
 | Murat Halstead - 1902 - 496 pages
...Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life ; the life of toil and effort ; of labor and strife ; to preach that highest form of... | |
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