Roosevelt, the Happy WarriorLittle, Brown,, 1921 - 376 pages |
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... velt to myself and to my readers as " The Happy Warrior . " Joy and combat . Elevation of soul through championship of Right and Truth . Those are the two foci of the ellipse which expresses his strenuous life . Several biographies of ...
... velt to myself and to my readers as " The Happy Warrior . " Joy and combat . Elevation of soul through championship of Right and Truth . Those are the two foci of the ellipse which expresses his strenuous life . Several biographies of ...
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... velt's journey back from Africa , and about the pleasure of the two men in their observation of the birds . Earl Grey expressed surprise at Roosevelt's interest in them and his knowledge of them . Trace that " thread " farther back ...
... velt's journey back from Africa , and about the pleasure of the two men in their observation of the birds . Earl Grey expressed surprise at Roosevelt's interest in them and his knowledge of them . Trace that " thread " farther back ...
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... velt , I think - but the controversy showed that my former classmate had observed very keenly . - Thus the thread of nature study runs through- out his entire life . In his college course it was very apparent from his choice of studies ...
... velt , I think - but the controversy showed that my former classmate had observed very keenly . - Thus the thread of nature study runs through- out his entire life . In his college course it was very apparent from his choice of studies ...
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... velt's strongest characteristics . It was his instinc- tive effort to strike back at any one who attacked him . Submission to real or fancied injustice was not in his nature . In his sparring contests at college and in all the contests ...
... velt's strongest characteristics . It was his instinc- tive effort to strike back at any one who attacked him . Submission to real or fancied injustice was not in his nature . In his sparring contests at college and in all the contests ...
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... velt family that summer for the senior Theodore Roosevelt to be driven to the train each morning by a " coachman " in the " depot wagon . " Theodore , Junior , frequently accompanied his father . One morning , as the boy returned with ...
... velt family that summer for the senior Theodore Roosevelt to be driven to the train each morning by a " coachman " in the " depot wagon . " Theodore , Junior , frequently accompanied his father . One morning , as the boy returned with ...
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admired afterward American asked became Bill Boss boys Brownsville Affair called campaign career classmate classmate's Club Colonel course cowboy Curtis Guild declared dinner Doctor duties eager election eyes facts feel fellow fight friends gave Governor hand Happy Warrior Harvard heart honor horse human humor incident interest Jacob Riis knew later leader letter looked loved mind moral nation nature negro never newspaper Oscar Straus Oyster Bay Panama Canal party peace physical Platt political President Roosevelt qualities ranch recall reform remarked reply Republican Republican Party Roose Roosevelt's character Rough Riders Sagamore Hill Secretary Senator Seth Bullock Sewall smile speech stand sympathy Taft talk tell Theodore Roosevelt things tion told took trip truth velt velt's vigorous Washington White House William Howard Taft WILLIAM LYMAN UNDERWOOD wish words wrote York young
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Page 360 - Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall, to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name Finds comfort in himself and in his cause ; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause : This is the happy warrior ; this is he That every man in arms should wish to be.
Page 229 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means, and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Page 133 - Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought : Whose high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright : Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn : Abides by this resolve, and stops not there, But makes his moral being his prime care...
Page 82 - In after years, there shall come forever to his mind the memory of endless prairies shimmering in the bright sun; of vast snow-clad wastes lying desolate under gray skies; of the melancholy marshes, of the rush of mighty rivers; of the breath of the evergreen forest in summer; of the crooning of ice-armored pines at the touch of the winds of winter; of cataracts roaring between hoary mountain masses; of all the innumerable sights and sounds of the wilderness; of its immensity and mystery and of the...
Page 355 - Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die, and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
Page 359 - I am going to my Father's, and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
Page 133 - Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn; Abides by this resolve, and stops not there, But makes his moral being his prime care; Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train!