Theodore Roosevelt: The Man as I Knew HimChristian Herald, 1919 - 420 pages |
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... fight against evil and crime in the great city . Two motives prompted me to write this book . First , to pay a personal tribute of affection to him . Every line of this book is an appreciation of his great ability and a stream of love ...
... fight against evil and crime in the great city . Two motives prompted me to write this book . First , to pay a personal tribute of affection to him . Every line of this book is an appreciation of his great ability and a stream of love ...
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... fights with grizzly bear and man - eating lion , and of his standing with both shoes full of blood and mak- ing his speech after he had been shot , an act of sublime heroism . We have told of his confronting the most dangerous men and ...
... fights with grizzly bear and man - eating lion , and of his standing with both shoes full of blood and mak- ing his speech after he had been shot , an act of sublime heroism . We have told of his confronting the most dangerous men and ...
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... fight the wrong at any cost , or had cherished a personal motive of avarice or inordinate ambition , he might have gotten to be Presi- dent , but he never would have been a national hero or remembered in history . Our three heroes were ...
... fight the wrong at any cost , or had cherished a personal motive of avarice or inordinate ambition , he might have gotten to be Presi- dent , but he never would have been a national hero or remembered in history . Our three heroes were ...
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... fight against Boss Tweed and his " ring . " He was a member of the New York City Board of Alder- men , was President of the New York International Association for the Protection of Game and one of the founders of the New York State ...
... fight against Boss Tweed and his " ring . " He was a member of the New York City Board of Alder- men , was President of the New York International Association for the Protection of Game and one of the founders of the New York State ...
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... fight for the Legislature . Not only the conventions of Tammany Hall , but of the Republicans as well , were held over saloons , and the saloonkeepers , as a rule , were the political bosses and very often political candidates . Young ...
... fight for the Legislature . Not only the conventions of Tammany Hall , but of the Republicans as well , were held over saloons , and the saloonkeepers , as a rule , were the political bosses and very often political candidates . Young ...
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