The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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Page 13
... action , to the daring lieutenants who braved death in the smaller craft , and to the heads of bureaus at Washington who saw that the ships were so commanded , so armed , so equipped , so well engined , as to insure the best results ...
... action , to the daring lieutenants who braved death in the smaller craft , and to the heads of bureaus at Washington who saw that the ships were so commanded , so armed , so equipped , so well engined , as to insure the best results ...
Page 26
... action of the great powers , while Turkey inflicted the last horrors of butchery , torture , and outrage upon the men , women , and children of of despairing Armenia . War was avoided ; peace was kept ; but what a peace ! Infinitely ...
... action of the great powers , while Turkey inflicted the last horrors of butchery , torture , and outrage upon the men , women , and children of of despairing Armenia . War was avoided ; peace was kept ; but what a peace ! Infinitely ...
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... action is almost as rare as the necessity for a revolution ; and to take such ground con- tinually , in season and out of season , is the sign of an unhealthy nature . It is not possible to lay down an inflexible rule as to when ...
... action is almost as rare as the necessity for a revolution ; and to take such ground con- tinually , in season and out of season , is the sign of an unhealthy nature . It is not possible to lay down an inflexible rule as to when ...
Page 51
... friends . Fortunately , most extremists lack the power to commit dangerous excesses . Their action is nor- mally as abortive as that of the queer abolitionist group who , in 1864 , nominated a candidate against Latitude and Longitude 51.
... friends . Fortunately , most extremists lack the power to commit dangerous excesses . Their action is nor- mally as abortive as that of the queer abolitionist group who , in 1864 , nominated a candidate against Latitude and Longitude 51.
Page 60
... action , and denounced him as compromising with the forces of evil , as being a practical politician - which he was , if practicality is held to include wisdom and high purpose . He did not permit himself to be affected by their ...
... action , and denounced him as compromising with the forces of evil , as being a practical politician - which he was , if practicality is held to include wisdom and high purpose . He did not permit himself to be affected by their ...
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