The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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Page 7
... once more as a helmeted queen among nations . We of this generation do not have to face a task such as that our fathers faced , but we have our tasks , and woe to us if we fail to perform them ! We cannot , if we would , play the part ...
... once more as a helmeted queen among nations . We of this generation do not have to face a task such as that our fathers faced , but we have our tasks , and woe to us if we fail to perform them ! We cannot , if we would , play the part ...
Page 8
... once in , whether failure or success should crown our banners . So it is now . • We cannot avoid the responsibilities that confront us in Hawaii , Cuba , Porto Rico , and the Philip- pines . All we can decide is whether we shall meet ...
... once in , whether failure or success should crown our banners . So it is now . • We cannot avoid the responsibilities that confront us in Hawaii , Cuba , Porto Rico , and the Philip- pines . All we can decide is whether we shall meet ...
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... once by utter chaos in the wretched islands themselves . Some stronger , manlier power would have to step in and do the work , and we would have shown ourselves weaklings , unable to carry to successful completion the labors that great ...
... once by utter chaos in the wretched islands themselves . Some stronger , manlier power would have to step in and do the work , and we would have shown ourselves weaklings , unable to carry to successful completion the labors that great ...
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... once firm and beneficent . We have driven Spanish tyranny from the islands . If we now let it be replaced by savage anarchy , our work has been for harm and not for good . I have scant patience with those who fear to undertake the task ...
... once firm and beneficent . We have driven Spanish tyranny from the islands . If we now let it be replaced by savage anarchy , our work has been for harm and not for good . I have scant patience with those who fear to undertake the task ...
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... to disregard them ; but it must be remembered that their utterances are not saved from being treasonable merely by the fact that they are despicable . 1 When once we have put down armed resistance , when 20 The Strenuous Life.
... to disregard them ; but it must be remembered that their utterances are not saved from being treasonable merely by the fact that they are despicable . 1 When once we have put down armed resistance , when 20 The Strenuous Life.
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