The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCharles Scribner's Sons, 1889 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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Page 28
... white race which it is as yet uncertain whether they can assimilate , and , what is infinitely more important , because ... whites of South Africa will suffer a fate akin to that which befell the Greek colonists in the Tauric Chersonese ...
... white race which it is as yet uncertain whether they can assimilate , and , what is infinitely more important , because ... whites of South Africa will suffer a fate akin to that which befell the Greek colonists in the Tauric Chersonese ...
Page 31
... white flood , or even drove it back ; in Maine the settlers were for a hundred years con- fined to a narrow strip of ... whites first landed , the superiority and , above all , the novelty of their arms gave them a very great advantage ...
... white flood , or even drove it back ; in Maine the settlers were for a hundred years con- fined to a narrow strip of ... whites first landed , the superiority and , above all , the novelty of their arms gave them a very great advantage ...
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... whites first appeared is im- possible to tell . Probably an estimate of half a million for those within the limits of the present United States is not far wrong ; but in any such calculation there is of necessity a large element of mere ...
... whites first appeared is im- possible to tell . Probably an estimate of half a million for those within the limits of the present United States is not far wrong ; but in any such calculation there is of necessity a large element of mere ...
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... whites and Indians ; they faced each other , ranged beneath the rival banners of Spain , England , and the insur- gent colonists ; but they never again fought for their old flag or for their own sovereignty . From the overthrow of ...
... whites and Indians ; they faced each other , ranged beneath the rival banners of Spain , England , and the insur- gent colonists ; but they never again fought for their old flag or for their own sovereignty . From the overthrow of ...
Page 66
... whites ; but their strength had already departed . They numbered only some ten or twelve thousand all told , and though they played a bloody part in the Revolutionary struggle , it was merely as sub- ordinate allies of the British . It ...
... whites ; but their strength had already departed . They numbered only some ten or twelve thousand all told , and though they played a bloody part in the Revolutionary struggle , it was merely as sub- ordinate allies of the British . It ...
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