The Ideals of Theodore RooseveltD. Appleton, 1923 - 329 pages |
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... Religion for use of the book of which they hold the copy- right , Realizable Ideals ; to George H. Doran Com- pany , Publishers , for free use of Fear God and Take Your Own Part by Theodore Roosevelt , copyright , 1916 ; to The Ladies ...
... Religion for use of the book of which they hold the copy- right , Realizable Ideals ; to George H. Doran Com- pany , Publishers , for free use of Fear God and Take Your Own Part by Theodore Roosevelt , copyright , 1916 ; to The Ladies ...
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... religion , and his religion was based upon the love of his fellow- man ; and not only was his religion the true love for his fellowman , but it was translated every day of his life into service to his fellowman . Many a time have we ...
... religion , and his religion was based upon the love of his fellow- man ; and not only was his religion the true love for his fellowman , but it was translated every day of his life into service to his fellowman . Many a time have we ...
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... religious convictions are . The other night I asked one of the privates if he belonged to any church . He answered that he did not , but that he believed that the teachings of Jesus Christ ought to be fol- lowed and that he always felt ...
... religious convictions are . The other night I asked one of the privates if he belonged to any church . He answered that he did not , but that he believed that the teachings of Jesus Christ ought to be fol- lowed and that he always felt ...
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... religion . The word " Shinto " means " The Way " and " Theodore Roosevelt , " said this Japanese Statesman , " was ' The Way ' to be followed not only by the American people but by the nations of the world . " CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON ...
... religion . The word " Shinto " means " The Way " and " Theodore Roosevelt , " said this Japanese Statesman , " was ' The Way ' to be followed not only by the American people but by the nations of the world . " CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON ...
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... RELIGION . IX . THE SANCTUARY OF HOME . X. A GREATER , BETTER AMERICA XI . ROOSEVELT THE PREACHER XII . THE FEARLESS LEADER XIII . DEFINES CHARACTER XIV . HIS FRIENDSHIPS • · XV . ADVOCATES TOLERANCE · • 137 167 • · 183 · 203 225 · 249 ...
... RELIGION . IX . THE SANCTUARY OF HOME . X. A GREATER , BETTER AMERICA XI . ROOSEVELT THE PREACHER XII . THE FEARLESS LEADER XIII . DEFINES CHARACTER XIV . HIS FRIENDSHIPS • · XV . ADVOCATES TOLERANCE · • 137 167 • · 183 · 203 225 · 249 ...
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Page 44 - HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ! What more can he say than to you he hath said, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled...
Page 96 - All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
Page 97 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. "But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments...
Page 219 - 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 who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 49 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 56 - The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed; down to modern times, no State has had a constitution in which the interests of the people are so largely taken into account, in which the duties, so much more than the privileges, of rulers are insisted upon, as that drawn up for Israel in Deuteronomy and in Leviticus; nowhere is the fundamental truth that the welfare of the State, in the long run, depends on the uprightness of the citizen so strongly laid down.
Page 273 - After long years of iron effort, and of failure that came more often than victory, he at last rose to the leadership of the Republic, at the moment when that leadership had become the stupendous world-task of the time. He grew to know greatness, but never ease. Success came to him, but never happiness, save that which springs from doing well a painful and a vital task.
Page 271 - ... never in any country seen a more eager, high-minded, and efficient set of public servants, men more useful and more creditable to their country, than the men then doing the work of the American Government in Washington and in the field.
Page 183 - Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for the Irish or German vote, or the Irishman or German who votes as an Irishman or German, is despicable, for all citizens of this commonwealth should vote solely as Americans ; but he is not a whit less despicable than the voter who votes against a good American, merely because...
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