The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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Page 7
... tasks , and woe to us if we fail to perform them ! We cannot , if we would , play the part of China , and be content to rot by inches in ignoble ease within our borders , taking no interest in what goes The Strenuous Life 7.
... tasks , and woe to us if we fail to perform them ! We cannot , if we would , play the part of China , and be content to rot by inches in ignoble ease within our borders , taking no interest in what goes The Strenuous Life 7.
Page 11
... perform , and can leave to their fates the islands we have conquered . Such a course would be the course of infamy . It would be fol- lowed at once by utter chaos in the wretched islands themselves . Some stronger , manlier power would ...
... perform , and can leave to their fates the islands we have conquered . Such a course would be the course of infamy . It would be fol- lowed at once by utter chaos in the wretched islands themselves . Some stronger , manlier power would ...
Page 35
... performing . But , as it is , this country will keep the islands and will establish therein a stable and orderly government , so that one more fair spot of the world's surface shall have been snatched from the forces of darkness ...
... performing . But , as it is , this country will keep the islands and will establish therein a stable and orderly government , so that one more fair spot of the world's surface shall have been snatched from the forces of darkness ...
Page 91
... performing charitable duties . This does not mean that there is not room for an immense amount of work in country communities and in villages and small towns . Every now and then , in traveling over the State , one comes upon a public ...
... performing charitable duties . This does not mean that there is not room for an immense amount of work in country communities and in villages and small towns . Every now and then , in traveling over the State , one comes upon a public ...
Page 137
... perform- ance . Thus he says : " It is necessary to be a great deceiver and hypocrite ; for men are so simple and yield so readily to the wants of the moment that he who will trick shall always find another who will suffer himself to be ...
... perform- ance . Thus he says : " It is necessary to be a great deceiver and hypocrite ; for men are so simple and yield so readily to the wants of the moment that he who will trick shall always find another who will suffer himself to be ...
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