The Real Roosevelt, His Forceful and Fearless Utterances on Various SubjectsG.P. Putnam's sons, 1910 - 202 pages |
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... better selves interpreted ; perfect willing- ness to utter truisms if they are needed with remarkable skill in selecting the time and place for utterance which makes them almost , if not quite , sensational ; an apparently inexhaustible ...
... better selves interpreted ; perfect willing- ness to utter truisms if they are needed with remarkable skill in selecting the time and place for utterance which makes them almost , if not quite , sensational ; an apparently inexhaustible ...
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... political life . - American Ideals . In the same way that we are the better for the deeds of our mighty men who have served the nation well , so we are the worse The Bad and the Good The Bad and the Good for the deeds and the 3.
... political life . - American Ideals . In the same way that we are the better for the deeds of our mighty men who have served the nation well , so we are the worse The Bad and the Good The Bad and the Good for the deeds and the 3.
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... better , commits a crime against the country ; and a crime quite as serious is committed by the inde- pendent who makes his independence an excuse for easy self - indulgence , and who thinks that when he says he belongs to neither party ...
... better , commits a crime against the country ; and a crime quite as serious is committed by the inde- pendent who makes his independence an excuse for easy self - indulgence , and who thinks that when he says he belongs to neither party ...
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... better the pub- lic service . It achieves this end too ; but its main purpose is to raise the tone of public life , and it is in this direction that its effects have been of incalculable good to the whole community . — Ibid . Spoils ...
... better the pub- lic service . It achieves this end too ; but its main purpose is to raise the tone of public life , and it is in this direction that its effects have been of incalculable good to the whole community . — Ibid . Spoils ...
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... better citizens than the thriftless ; and the worst capitalist cannot harm laboring men as they are harmed by demagogues . — Ibid . Good Laws and Honest Adminis- tration Something can be done by good laws ; more can be done by honest ...
... better citizens than the thriftless ; and the worst capitalist cannot harm laboring men as they are harmed by demagogues . — Ibid . Good Laws and Honest Adminis- tration Something can be done by good laws ; more can be done by honest ...
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Page 84 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices.
Page 166 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 83 - Gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use, As though to breathe were life.
Page 85 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life...
Page 84 - Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
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Page 22 - In other words, the Monroe doctrine is a declaration that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any non-American power at the expense of any American power on American soil. It is in no wise intended as hostile to any nation in the Old World.
Page 74 - Wise forest protection does not mean the withdrawal of forest resources, whether of wood, water, or grass, from contributing their full share to the welfare of the people, but, on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies. The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use. Forest protection is not an end in itself; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries which depend upon them.
Page 94 - Ere your heritage be wasted,' said the quick alarming drum. 'Let me of my heart take counsel: War is not of life the sum; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come ? But the drum Echoed, 'Come! Death shall reap the braver harvest,' said the solemn-sounding drum.
Page 94 - HARK ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum, — Saying, " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. " Let me of my heart take counsel :^ War is not of life the sum ; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come...