The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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Page 4
... hard to fail , but it is worse never to have tried to succeed . In this life we get nothing save by effort Freedom from effort in the present merely mea that there has been stored up effort in the past 4 The Strenuous Life.
... hard to fail , but it is worse never to have tried to succeed . In this life we get nothing save by effort Freedom from effort in the present merely mea that there has been stored up effort in the past 4 The Strenuous Life.
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... hard , un- sparing effort in the fields of industrial activity ; but neither was any nation ever yet truly great if it relied upon material prosperity alone . All honor must be paid to the architects of our material prosperity , to the ...
... hard , un- sparing effort in the fields of industrial activity ; but neither was any nation ever yet truly great if it relied upon material prosperity alone . All honor must be paid to the architects of our material prosperity , to the ...
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... hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear , then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by , and will win for themselves the domination of the world . Let us therefore boldly ...
... hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear , then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by , and will win for themselves the domination of the world . Let us therefore boldly ...
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... justified , for it is only through strife , through hard and dan- gerous endeavor , that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness . EXPANSION AND PEACE PUBLISHED IN the " Independent , " 22 The Strenuous Life.
... justified , for it is only through strife , through hard and dan- gerous endeavor , that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness . EXPANSION AND PEACE PUBLISHED IN the " Independent , " 22 The Strenuous Life.
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... hard - working , sincere man who in practical fashion , and by deeds as well as by words , strives in some sort actually to realize his ideal ; but the difference lies in the fact that the first is imprac- ticable , not in his having a ...
... hard - working , sincere man who in practical fashion , and by deeds as well as by words , strives in some sort actually to realize his ideal ; but the difference lies in the fact that the first is imprac- ticable , not in his having a ...
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