Theodore Roosevelt, the CitizenOutlook Company, 1904 - 471 pages |
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... He Is Like Himself XII . XIII . At Home and at Play Children Trust Him . XV . The President's Policies XVI . A Young Men's Hero 231 · 251 · • • • 279 309 · 339 363 · 393 • PAGE XVII . Roosevelt as a Speaker and Writer 411 [ ix ]
... He Is Like Himself XII . XIII . At Home and at Play Children Trust Him . XV . The President's Policies XVI . A Young Men's Hero 231 · 251 · • • • 279 309 · 339 363 · 393 • PAGE XVII . Roosevelt as a Speaker and Writer 411 [ ix ]
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... . Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt as Vice - President Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill The Morning Ride at Sagamore Hill 190 220 • 240 • 270 300 · FACING PAGE Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. · 324 The White [ xi ] PAGE.
... . Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt as Vice - President Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill The Morning Ride at Sagamore Hill 190 220 • 240 • 270 300 · FACING PAGE Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. · 324 The White [ xi ] PAGE.
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... President , the par- tisan perhaps and a very energetic partisan he is - and so really do not know him at all , in the sense which I have in mind . The public man I will follow because he is square , and will do the square thing always ...
... President , the par- tisan perhaps and a very energetic partisan he is - and so really do not know him at all , in the sense which I have in mind . The public man I will follow because he is square , and will do the square thing always ...
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... President's chair he , alone in an inner room , was reading Thucydides , says Albert Shaw , who was with him . He was rest- ing . I saw him pick up a book , in a lull in the talk , the other day , and instantly forget all things else ...
... President's chair he , alone in an inner room , was reading Thucydides , says Albert Shaw , who was with him . He was rest- ing . I saw him pick up a book , in a lull in the talk , the other day , and instantly forget all things else ...
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... President's recovery ; that a shadow had fallen across his path , be- tween him and those youthful days , through which he would never cross again the same man . He was himself going away to the woods , he wrote , with the children ...
... President's recovery ; that a shadow had fallen across his path , be- tween him and those youthful days , through which he would never cross again the same man . He was himself going away to the woods , he wrote , with the children ...
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Page 412 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 377 - No person shall be refused employment or in any way discriminated against on account of membership or nonmembership in any labor organization, and there should be no discriminating against or interference with any employee who is not a member of a labor organization by members of such organization.
Page 378 - I am President of all the people of the United States without regard to creed, color, birthplace, occupation, or social condition. My aim is to do equal and exact justice as among them all. In the employment and dismissal of men in the Government service, I can no more recognize the fact that a man does or does not belong to a union as being for or against him...
Page 417 - No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. He is bound to do all the good possible. Yet he must consider the question of expediency, in order that he may do all the good possible, for otherwise he will do none.
Page 406 - In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard.
Page 418 - Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing...
Page 85 - ... through the hanging smoke the first thing I saw was his paw as he made a vicious side blow at me. The rush of his charge carried him past. As he struck he lurched forward, leaving a pool of bright blood where his muzzle hit the ground; but he recovered himself and made two or three jumps onward, while I hurriedly jammed a couple of cartridges into the magazine, my rifle holding only four, all of which I had fired. Then he tried to pull up, but as he did so his muscles seemed suddenly to give...
Page 420 - We can not have too much immigration of the right kind, and we should have none at all of the wrong kind. The need is to devise some system by which undesirable immigrants shall be kept out entirely, while desirable immigrants are properly distributed throughout the country.
Page 409 - The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is, that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight...
Page 415 - Now I intend to try. But the measure of my success is going to largely depend upon the support that I get from just such men as I see before me tonight. I am a loyal party man, but I believe very firmly that I can best render aid to my party by doing all that in me lies to make that party responsive to the needs of the State, responsive to the needs of the people, and just so far as I work along those lines I have the right to challenge the support of every decent man, no matter what his party may...