The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck, and to look upward to the celestial crown above them, to the crown of worthy endeavor. THE AMERICANISM OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT - Page 176by HERMANN HAGEDORN - 1923Full view - About this book
| 1906 - 400 pages
...manufacture any medicine for physicians. Shun him and his products. The Man With the Muck-Rake. "The men with muck-rakes are often indispensable to the wellbeing...but only if they know when to stop raking the muck," said President Roosevelt, and the remarks are applicable, likewise, to the department of medicine and... | |
| 1905 - 634 pages
...against the forces of evil that I ask that the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution. The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society. At this moment we are passing through a period of great unrest — social, political and industrial... | |
| 1907 - 922 pages
...against the forces of evil that I ask that the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution. The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable...celestial crown above them, to the crown of worthy 44 endeavor. There are beautiful things above and round about them; and if they gradually grow to feel... | |
| Theodore Roosevelt - 1920 - 424 pages
...the forces of evil that I is ask that the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution. The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable...celestial crown above them, to the crown of worthy 20 endeavor. There are beautiful things above and round about them; and if they gradually grow to feel... | |
| Lucy E. Rogers - 1921 - 270 pages
...against the forces of evil that I ask that the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution. The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable...well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop taking the muck, and to look upward to the celestial crown above them, to the crown of worthy endeavor.... | |
| KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...on Job. (See also DENHAM, FELTON, ST. AUGUSTINE, also BACON under SUN) 13 The men with the muck-rake IAN— Carric-Thura. St. 1. i And all the carnal beauty of my wife Is but skin-deep. ism THOS. OVERBURY ROOSEVELT — Address at the Corner-stone laying of the Office Building of House of Representatives,... | |
| Warren Choate Shaw - 1928 - 694 pages
...against the forces of evil that I ask that the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution. The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable...worthy endeavor. There are beautiful things above and around about them; and, if they gradually grow to feel that the whole world is nothing but muck, their... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...there is not much freedom from it. Princess Grace of Monaco (1928-1982) The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they knew when to stop raking the muck. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American president One gets the impression... | |
| Merril Eisenbud - 1990 - 312 pages
...about the same time Roosevelt said, "The men with muck rakes are often indispensable to the well being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck." Unfortunately, the word "muckraker" has developed a pejorative connotation since it was first used,... | |
| Merriam-Webster, Inc - 1991 - 552 pages
...achieved great popularity by exposing the corruption of public figures and institutions. Said Roosevelt, "The men with the muckrakes are often indispensable...but only if they know when to stop raking the muck." The term muckraker became almost immediately established in popular use as a name for reform writers... | |
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