American Boys' Life of Theodore RooseveltLothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1906 - 336 pages |
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... he might not live to manhood . But life in the open air , with judicious athletic exercise , accomplished wonders , and he became strong and hardy to an astonishing degree . The boyhood days of the future President were spent in.
... he might not live to manhood . But life in the open air , with judicious athletic exercise , accomplished wonders , and he became strong and hardy to an astonishing degree . The boyhood days of the future President were spent in.
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... strong and hardy , full of courage , a good horseman , and a fine shot . From the very start , the Rough Riders were anxious to get into the fight , and the oppor- tunity was not long in coming . From Flor- ida the command was ...
... strong and hardy , full of courage , a good horseman , and a fine shot . From the very start , the Rough Riders were anxious to get into the fight , and the oppor- tunity was not long in coming . From Flor- ida the command was ...
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... strong religious convictions and a member of the Dutch Reformed Church . It is seldom that he is given to preaching , but when he does his words have a sincerity that proves much for the foundation of his character . He stands for what ...
... strong religious convictions and a member of the Dutch Reformed Church . It is seldom that he is given to preaching , but when he does his words have a sincerity that proves much for the foundation of his character . He stands for what ...
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... strong Southern sympathizer , and when a certain gathering , during the Civil War , was in progress at the Roosevelt city home , she insisted upon displaying a Confederate flag at one of the windows . " I am afraid it will make trouble ...
... strong Southern sympathizer , and when a certain gathering , during the Civil War , was in progress at the Roosevelt city home , she insisted upon displaying a Confederate flag at one of the windows . " I am afraid it will make trouble ...
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... strong and well , and did everything to make myself so , " he has said . " By the time I entered Harvard I was able to take part in whatever sports I liked . " As perhaps some of my readers know , Harvard College ( now termed a ...
... strong and well , and did everything to make myself so , " he has said . " By the time I entered Harvard I was able to take part in whatever sports I liked . " As perhaps some of my readers know , Harvard College ( now termed a ...
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