The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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Page 5
... lives ; when the children are so trained that they shall endeavor , not to shirk difficulties , but to overcome them ; not to seek ease , but to know how to wrest tri- umph from toil and risk . The man must be glad to do a man's work ...
... lives ; when the children are so trained that they shall endeavor , not to shirk difficulties , but to overcome them ; not to seek ease , but to know how to wrest tri- umph from toil and risk . The man must be glad to do a man's work ...
Page 6
... live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat . If in 1861 the men who loved the Union had be- lieved ... lives , we would have saved hundreds of millions of dollars . Moreover , besides saving all the blood and treasure ...
... live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat . If in 1861 the men who loved the Union had be- lieved ... lives , we would have saved hundreds of millions of dollars . Moreover , besides saving all the blood and treasure ...
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... lives that they recognized the law of work , the law of strife ; they toiled to win a competence for themselves and those dependent upon them ; but they recognized that there were yet other and even loftier duties— duties to the nation ...
... lives that they recognized the law of work , the law of strife ; they toiled to win a competence for themselves and those dependent upon them ; but they recognized that there were yet other and even loftier duties— duties to the nation ...
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... 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 face the The Strenuous Life 21.
... 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 face the The Strenuous Life 21.
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... live in , and to do what they can toward achieving cleaner minds and more whole- some bodies . To these , after all , we can only say : Strive manfully for righteousness , and strive so as to make your efforts for good count . You are ...
... live in , and to do what they can toward achieving cleaner minds and more whole- some bodies . To these , after all , we can only say : Strive manfully for righteousness , and strive so as to make your efforts for good count . You are ...
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