The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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... danger , from hardship , or from bitter toil , and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph . A life of slothful ease , a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great ...
... danger , from hardship , or from bitter toil , and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph . A life of slothful ease , a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great ...
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... danger that we may not solve it aright ; but to refuse to under- take the solution simply renders it certain that we cannot possibly solve it aright . The timid man , the lazy man , the man who distrusts his country , the over ...
... danger that we may not solve it aright ; but to refuse to under- take the solution simply renders it certain that we cannot possibly solve it aright . The timid man , the lazy man , the man who distrusts his country , the over ...
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... millions of freemen is in danger of losing its liber- ties from the existence of an army of one hundred thousand men , three - fourths of whom will be em- ployed in certain foreign islands , in certain coast fortresses 14 The Strenuous ...
... millions of freemen is in danger of losing its liber- ties from the existence of an army of one hundred thousand men , three - fourths of whom will be em- ployed in certain foreign islands , in certain coast fortresses 14 The Strenuous ...
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... danger of indiscriminate advocacy of peace at any price , because " it may lead men to tamper with iniquity , to compromise . with unrighteousness , soothing their conscience with the belief that war is so entirely wrong that beside it ...
... danger of indiscriminate advocacy of peace at any price , because " it may lead men to tamper with iniquity , to compromise . with unrighteousness , soothing their conscience with the belief that war is so entirely wrong that beside it ...
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... danger of war , nor is there any danger where we abut on the well- settled regions of Mexico . But elsewhere war had to continue until we expanded over the country . Then it was succeeded at once by a peace which has remained unbroken ...
... danger of war , nor is there any danger where we abut on the well- settled regions of Mexico . But elsewhere war had to continue until we expanded over the country . Then it was succeeded at once by a peace which has remained unbroken ...
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