American Boys' Life of Theodore RooseveltLothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1906 - 336 pages |
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Page ix
... thousands , and at the next election was made governor of the Empire State . As governor he made friends in both of the leading political parties by his straightforwardness and his sterling honesty . Men might differ with him ...
... thousands , and at the next election was made governor of the Empire State . As governor he made friends in both of the leading political parties by his straightforwardness and his sterling honesty . Men might differ with him ...
Page 8
... thousands of other school- boys are doing to - day . But in those days there were few experiments being tried in the schools , and manual training and the like were unknown . The boys were well grounded in reading , writing , and arith ...
... thousands of other school- boys are doing to - day . But in those days there were few experiments being tried in the schools , and manual training and the like were unknown . The boys were well grounded in reading , writing , and arith ...
Page 79
... Democratic administration . To some of my young readers the term Civil Service , as applied here , may be a bit perplexing . For the benefit of such let me state that civil service here applies to the thousands of THEODORE ROOSEVELT 79.
... Democratic administration . To some of my young readers the term Civil Service , as applied here , may be a bit perplexing . For the benefit of such let me state that civil service here applies to the thousands of THEODORE ROOSEVELT 79.
Page 80
Edward Stratemeyer. state that civil service here applies to the thousands of persons who work for the government , such as post - office clerks , letter carriers , clerks in the various departments at Washington , like the Treasury ...
Edward Stratemeyer. state that civil service here applies to the thousands of persons who work for the government , such as post - office clerks , letter carriers , clerks in the various departments at Washington , like the Treasury ...
Page 92
... thousand places filled by government em- ployees to those coming under the merit system . This number was larger than any placed under the system before that time , and the record has scarcely been equalled since . " He was a fighter ...
... thousand places filled by government em- ployees to those coming under the merit system . This number was larger than any placed under the system before that time , and the record has scarcely been equalled since . " He was a fighter ...
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