The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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... or of power to strive after great things , is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual . I ask only at what every self - respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of CHAPTER I.
... or of power to strive after great things , is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual . I ask only at what every self - respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of CHAPTER I.
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... nation . We do not admire the man of timid peace . We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who never wrongs his neighbor , who is prompt to help a friend , but who has those virile qualities neces- sary to win in the ...
... nation . We do not admire the man of timid peace . We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who never wrongs his neighbor , who is prompt to help a friend , but who has those virile qualities neces- sary to win in the ...
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... nation . It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history . Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history . Far better it is to dare mighty things , to win glorious tri- umphs , even though checkered by ...
... nation . It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history . Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history . Far better it is to dare mighty things , to win glorious tri- umphs , even though checkered by ...
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... nations of the earth . Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers , the men who upheld the wisdom of Lincoln , and bore sword or rifle in the armies of Grant ! Let us , the children of the men who proved them- selves equal to ...
... nations of the earth . Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers , the men who upheld the wisdom of Lincoln , and bore sword or rifle in the armies of Grant ! Let us , the children of the men who proved them- selves equal to ...
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... nation that has trained itself to a career of unwarlike and isolated ease is bound , in the end , to go down before other nations which have not lost the manly and adventurous qualities . If we are to be a really great people , we must ...
... nation that has trained itself to a career of unwarlike and isolated ease is bound , in the end , to go down before other nations which have not lost the manly and adventurous qualities . If we are to be a really great people , we must ...
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