The Boys' Life of Theodore RooseveltHarper & Brothers, 1918 - 374 pages |
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... knew that the least thing that happened to “ T. R. " was more interesting to the average Amer- ican citizen than a diplomatic secret or a battle . He was more conspicuous in retirement than most of our Presidents have been under the ...
... knew that the least thing that happened to “ T. R. " was more interesting to the average Amer- ican citizen than a diplomatic secret or a battle . He was more conspicuous in retirement than most of our Presidents have been under the ...
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... knew us and we knew him . He was human , he was our kind , and , being our kind , his successes and his fame were somehow our successes and our fame likewise . There is something magical about that . You can no more explain it than you ...
... knew us and we knew him . He was human , he was our kind , and , being our kind , his successes and his fame were somehow our successes and our fame likewise . There is something magical about that . You can no more explain it than you ...
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... knew , and he fled forthwith to the .back yard and thence to the kitchen , where the cook , who was Irish , was baking bread . He seized a hand-、 ful of dough ( preparedness ! ) and crawled under the . kitchen table . A minute later ...
... knew , and he fled forthwith to the .back yard and thence to the kitchen , where the cook , who was Irish , was baking bread . He seized a hand-、 ful of dough ( preparedness ! ) and crawled under the . kitchen table . A minute later ...
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... their father ( who probably knew all about it , anyway , and agreed to pretend that he didn't ) must not be told of it . There were hints of blockade - runners who should bear these boxes to aunts and uncles in Savannah 15 HE GROWS.
... their father ( who probably knew all about it , anyway , and agreed to pretend that he didn't ) must not be told of it . There were hints of blockade - runners who should bear these boxes to aunts and uncles in Savannah 15 HE GROWS.
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... knew himself . Theodore Roosevelt came to Harvard with half his college career made in advance . As a member of one of the oldest Knickerbocker families , he was predestined to certain societies and clubs ( for Har- vard was less ...
... knew himself . Theodore Roosevelt came to Harvard with half his college career made in advance . As a member of one of the oldest Knickerbocker families , he was predestined to certain societies and clubs ( for Har- vard was less ...
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Page 224 - I shall take the oath at once in accordance with your request, and in this hour of deep and terrible national bereavement I wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley for the peace and prosperity and honor of our beloved country.
Page 312 - The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes...
Page 375 - We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is...
Page 239 - ... merciless in dealing with every friend of disorder. This great country will not fall into anarchy, and if anarchists should ever become a serious menace to its institutions, they would not merely be stamped out, but would involve in their own ruin every active or passive sympathizer with their doctrines. The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a consuming flame.
Page 94 - I strode past him, with my rifle at the ready, there, not ten steps off, was the great bear, slowly rising from his bed among the young spruces. He had heard us, but apparently hardly knew exactly where or what we were, for he reared up on his haunches sideways to us. Then he saw us and dropped down again on all fours, the shaggy hair on his neck and shoulders seeming to bristle as he turned toward us.
Page 362 - I will not enter into any fight for the nomination, and I will not permit any factional fight to be made in my behalf. Indeed, I will go further and say that it would be a mistake to nominate me unless the country has in its mood something of the heroic, unless it feels not only like devoting itself to ideals, but to the purpose measurably to realize those ideals in action.
Page 174 - Order the squadron, except the Monocacy, to Hong Kong. Keep full of coal. In the event of declaration of war Spain, your duty will be to see that the Spanish squadron does not leave the Asiatic coast, and then offensive operations in Philippine Islands.
Page 376 - When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which as he went he said, Death, where is thy sting? And as he went down deeper he said, Grave, where is thy victory ? So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
Page 337 - 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 222 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 214 - Then let us make it equally evident that we will not tolerate injustice being done us in return. "Let us further make it evident that we use no words which we are not prepared to back up with deeds, and that, while our speech is always moderate, we are ready and willing to make it good. Such an attitude will be the surest possible guarantee of that self-respecting peace, the attainment of which is and...