The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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Page 13
... result that in the summer of 1898 it leaped to its proper place as one of the most brilliant and for- midable ... results . But let us also keep ever in mind that all of this would not have availed if it had not been for the wisdom of ...
... result that in the summer of 1898 it leaped to its proper place as one of the most brilliant and for- midable ... results . But let us also keep ever in mind that all of this would not have availed if it had not been for the wisdom of ...
Page 15
... result of legislation . A proper general staff should be established , and the posi- tions of ordnance , commissary , and quartermaster officers should be filled by detail from the line . Above all , the army must be given the chance to ...
... result of legislation . A proper general staff should be established , and the posi- tions of ordnance , commissary , and quartermaster officers should be filled by detail from the line . Above all , the army must be given the chance to ...
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... result of the last Turko - Russian war was an immense and permanent increase of happi- ness for Bulgaria , Servia , Bosnia , and Herze- govina . These provinces became independent or passed under the dominion of Austria , and the ...
... result of the last Turko - Russian war was an immense and permanent increase of happi- ness for Bulgaria , Servia , Bosnia , and Herze- govina . These provinces became independent or passed under the dominion of Austria , and the ...
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... result has been that the peace of this continent has been effectually assured . Had the short - sighted advo- cates of peace for the moment had their way , and secession become an actual fact , nothing could have prevented a repetition ...
... result has been that the peace of this continent has been effectually assured . Had the short - sighted advo- cates of peace for the moment had their way , and secession become an actual fact , nothing could have prevented a repetition ...
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... result is the same . In the long run civilized man finds he can keep the peace only by subduing his bar- barian neighbor ; for the barbarian will yield only to force , save in instances so exceptional that they may be disregarded . Back ...
... result is the same . In the long run civilized man finds he can keep the peace only by subduing his bar- barian neighbor ; for the barbarian will yield only to force , save in instances so exceptional that they may be disregarded . Back ...
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