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Arriving at New York , he was hailed with delight by 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 ...
Arriving at New York , he was hailed with delight by 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 ...
Page 8
So to a near - by institution of learning Theodore and Elliott trudged day after day
, with their school - books under their arms , just as thousands of other
schoolboys are doing to - day . But in those days there were few experiments
being tried in ...
So to a near - by institution of learning Theodore and Elliott trudged day after day
, with their school - books under their arms , just as thousands of other
schoolboys are doing to - day . But in those days there were few experiments
being tried in ...
Page 79
... a 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.
... a 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.
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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 , the Congressional Library , the ...
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 , the Congressional Library , the ...
Page 92
Theodore Roosevelt resigned , on May 5 , 1895 , the Commission had added
twenty thousand places filled by government employees to those coming under
the merit system . This number was larger than any placed under the system
before ...
Theodore Roosevelt resigned , on May 5 , 1895 , the Commission had added
twenty thousand places filled by government employees to those coming under
the merit system . This number was larger than any placed under the system
before ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | American Boys' Life of Theodore Roosevelt |
| Author | Edward Stratemeyer |
| Publisher | Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1906 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2013 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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