The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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Page 12
... matter how brave , who are armed with archaic black - powder weapons , against well - drilled regulars armed with the high- est type of modern repeating rifles . But in the early eighties the attention of the nation became directed to ...
... matter how brave , who are armed with archaic black - powder weapons , against well - drilled regulars armed with the high- est type of modern repeating rifles . But in the early eighties the attention of the nation became directed to ...
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... matter , of the whole country , as to those who would reform the society of a hamlet . There is always danger of being misunderstood when one writes about such a subject as this , because there are on each side unhealthy extrem- ists ...
... matter , of the whole country , as to those who would reform the society of a hamlet . There is always danger of being misunderstood when one writes about such a subject as this , because there are on each side unhealthy extrem- ists ...
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... matter to which side the zigzag may take him . Nor is he lost only as regards his own career . What is far more serious , his power of doing useful service to the public is at an end . He may still , if a mere politician , have ...
... matter to which side the zigzag may take him . Nor is he lost only as regards his own career . What is far more serious , his power of doing useful service to the public is at an end . He may still , if a mere politician , have ...
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... matter of fact , it is only occasionally that any one of them is in the front . There are in each group many entirely sincere and honest men , and because of the presence of these men we are too apt to pay some of their associates the ...
... matter of fact , it is only occasionally that any one of them is in the front . There are in each group many entirely sincere and honest men , and because of the presence of these men we are too apt to pay some of their associates the ...
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... matters nothing to us whether the regiments come from Oregon , Idaho , California , Nebraska , Pennsylvania , or Tennessee . What does matter is that these splendid soldiers are all Americans ; that they are our heroes ; that our blood ...
... matters nothing to us whether the regiments come from Oregon , Idaho , California , Nebraska , Pennsylvania , or Tennessee . What does matter is that these splendid soldiers are all Americans ; that they are our heroes ; that our blood ...
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