I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man... Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen - Page 420by Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
| New York (State). Governor - 1899 - 356 pages
...wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and effort; of labor and strife; to preach...of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil,... | |
| New York (State). Governor (1899-1901 : Roosevelt), Theodore Roosevelt - 1899 - 352 pages
...wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and effort ; of labor and strife ; to preach...of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil,... | |
| Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - 1901 - 550 pages
...I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and effort; of labor and strife; to preach...easy peace but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.... | |
| Charles Eugene Banks, Le Roy Armstrong - 1901 - 480 pages
...wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and effort; of labor and strife; to preach...easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.... | |
| Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 302 pages
...wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife ; to preach...easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George Henry Warner - 1902 - 512 pages
...quotation perhaps gives the key to the sentiment which runs through the book: <( I wish," says the author, "to preach that highest form of success which comes,...easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who, out of these, wins the splendid ultimate triumph.8... | |
| Murat Halstead - 1902 - 496 pages
...character, I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life ; the life of toil and effort ; of labor and strife ; to preach...of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil,... | |
| Helen Mathers - 1902 - 344 pages
...doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the Strenuous Life, the life of toil and effort, of labour and strife — to preach that highest form of success, which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from hardships, or from bitter toil ; and who out... | |
| Charles Morris - 1902 - 714 pages
...I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life ; the life of toil and effort ; of labor and strife ; to preach...easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.... | |
| 1903 - 172 pages
...wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach...desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shirk from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who, out of these, wins the splendid, ultimate triumph.... | |
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