The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestP. F. Collier, 1896 - 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 25
... course enlarging the scope of the court's action . Their compact was thus in some sort an unconscious re- production of the laws and customs of the old - time court - leet , profoundly modified to suit the peculiar needs of backwoods ...
... course enlarging the scope of the court's action . Their compact was thus in some sort an unconscious re- production of the laws and customs of the old - time court - leet , profoundly modified to suit the peculiar needs of backwoods ...
Page 55
... course the conquest by the backwoodsmen was by no means the sole cause of our acquisition of the West . The sufferings and victories of the westerners would have counted for nothing , had it not been for the success of the American arms ...
... course the conquest by the backwoodsmen was by no means the sole cause of our acquisition of the West . The sufferings and victories of the westerners would have counted for nothing , had it not been for the success of the American arms ...
Page 62
... course of events in the West . Above them rise four greater figures , fit to be called not merely State or local , but national heroes . Clark , Sevier , Robertson , and Boone are emphatically American worthies . They were men of might ...
... course of events in the West . Above them rise four greater figures , fit to be called not merely State or local , but national heroes . Clark , Sevier , Robertson , and Boone are emphatically American worthies . They were men of might ...
Page 64
... course they made the offices elective , and gave full play to the majority . In organizing the militia they kept the old system of county lieutenants , making them elective , not appointive ; and they organized the men on the basis of a ...
... course they made the offices elective , and gave full play to the majority . In organizing the militia they kept the old system of county lieutenants , making them elective , not appointive ; and they organized the men on the basis of a ...
Page 81
... course of events during these years determined whether we should become a mighty nation , or a mere snarl of weak and quarrelsome little commonwealths , with a his- tory as bloody and meaningless as that of the Span- ish - American ...
... course of events during these years determined whether we should become a mighty nation , or a mere snarl of weak and quarrelsome little commonwealths , with a his- tory as bloody and meaningless as that of the Span- ish - American ...
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