Roosevelt: A Study in AmbivalenceJackson Press, 1919 - 159 pages |
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... understand Theo- dore Roosevelt . On that point I have Mr. Roosevelt's own testimony . Nor is there any doubt that I can wield a pen . The very men who would place a Maxim silencer on my poor efforts bear witness to that fact , unless ...
... understand Theo- dore Roosevelt . On that point I have Mr. Roosevelt's own testimony . Nor is there any doubt that I can wield a pen . The very men who would place a Maxim silencer on my poor efforts bear witness to that fact , unless ...
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... understand me . ERHAPS , " one of my readers urges , " the writers " PER of America do not forgive you for descending from Parnassus into the arena of politics . Poetry and politics are uncongenial companions . " In these days even the ...
... understand me . ERHAPS , " one of my readers urges , " the writers " PER of America do not forgive you for descending from Parnassus into the arena of politics . Poetry and politics are uncongenial companions . " In these days even the ...
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... understand the psychology of those who , under the influence of rabid racial instincts , lashed into fury by a desire for noto- riety , experienced an infantile regression to barbarism . It is less easy to forgive Americans of German ...
... understand the psychology of those who , under the influence of rabid racial instincts , lashed into fury by a desire for noto- riety , experienced an infantile regression to barbarism . It is less easy to forgive Americans of German ...
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... outrages committed against him by men who were his debtors constitute one of the darkest chapters in the academic history of the United States . Muensterberg was incapable of understanding base- ness and ingratitude , 40 ROOSEVELT.
... outrages committed against him by men who were his debtors constitute one of the darkest chapters in the academic history of the United States . Muensterberg was incapable of understanding base- ness and ingratitude , 40 ROOSEVELT.
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A Study in Ambivalence George Sylvester Viereck. Muensterberg was incapable of understanding base- ness and ingratitude , and yet , with truly Christian spirit , he forgave those who traduced him . His last word to the world was a ...
A Study in Ambivalence George Sylvester Viereck. Muensterberg was incapable of understanding base- ness and ingratitude , and yet , with truly Christian spirit , he forgave those who traduced him . His last word to the world was a ...
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Page 122 - 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 the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.
Page 150 - ... 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 150 - 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 5 - Always on the right — Vanquished, this shall be our pride In the world's despite. Let the oily Pharisees Purse their lips and rant, Calm we face the Destinies: Better "can't
Page 112 - If the Authors' League or the Poetry Society or any other organization expels a member because of his political opinions, it thereby constitutes itself a political body and violates whatever literary charter it may have. Literature, art and science 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.
Page 47 - Bravely drain, then fling away, Break the cup of sorrow! Courage! He who lost the day May have won the morrow.
Page 122 - 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.