Theodore Roosevelt: The Logic of His CareerHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 245 pages |
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... entered Harvard together in the autumn of 1876. I knew him intimately in college ; and , while I have seen him only at irregular intervals since we graduated in 1880 , I have always fol- lowed his career closely and with the most in ...
... entered Harvard together in the autumn of 1876. I knew him intimately in college ; and , while I have seen him only at irregular intervals since we graduated in 1880 , I have always fol- lowed his career closely and with the most in ...
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... entered into and enjoyed every phase of college life — intellectual , physi- cal , social ; he was popular with all , loved by many ; the natural sciences , history , and politi- cal economy were the studies that interested him most ...
... entered into and enjoyed every phase of college life — intellectual , physi- cal , social ; he was popular with all , loved by many ; the natural sciences , history , and politi- cal economy were the studies that interested him most ...
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... entered the mili- tary service as lieutenant - colonel , 1 First United 1 He declined the Colonelcy . " Fortunately , " said Roosevelt , " I was wise enough to tell the Secretary that while I believed Í could learn to command the ...
... entered the mili- tary service as lieutenant - colonel , 1 First United 1 He declined the Colonelcy . " Fortunately , " said Roosevelt , " I was wise enough to tell the Secretary that while I believed Í could learn to command the ...
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... enter the army , which preceded for some time his resignation as Assistant Secretary , was an interesting scene . It bubbled over with enthusiasm , and was filled with bright young fellows from all over the country , college graduates ...
... enter the army , which preceded for some time his resignation as Assistant Secretary , was an interesting scene . It bubbled over with enthusiasm , and was filled with bright young fellows from all over the country , college graduates ...
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... enter politics again , not by his own volition , but because of the desire of others . A Repub- lican candidate for Governor of New York was wanted who could carry the State . Roosevelt with his military record was the only man who ...
... enter politics again , not by his own volition , but because of the desire of others . A Repub- lican candidate for Governor of New York was wanted who could carry the State . Roosevelt with his military record was the only man who ...
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Page 20 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Page 178 - I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.
Page 201 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life...
Page 201 - Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Page 170 - 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 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 9 - No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair.
Page 216 - It may be said in a general way that the police power extends to all the great public needs. It may be put forth in aid of what is sanctioned by usage, or held by the prevailing morality of strong and preponderant opinion to be greatly and immediately necessary to the public welfare.
Page 80 - I am President of all the people of the United States, without regard to creed, color, birthplace, occupation, or social condition. My aim is to do equal and exact justice as among them all. In the employment and dismissal of men in the Government service, I can no more recognize the fact that a man does or does not belong to a union as being for or against him...
Page 177 - Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.
Page 56 - The common law includes those principles, usages, and rules of action, applicable to the government and security of person and property, which do not rest for their authority upon any express and positive declaration of the will of the legislature.