Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-sixth President of the United States : a Typical AmericanAmerican citizen Company, 1901 - 413 pages |
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... val- uable service ; but he had determined his course of duty , and in May we find him with a commis- sion for himself as lieutenant - colonel , and with a colonel's commission for the then almost un- known Dr. Leonard INTRODUCTION . 15.
... val- uable service ; but he had determined his course of duty , and in May we find him with a commis- sion for himself as lieutenant - colonel , and with a colonel's commission for the then almost un- known Dr. Leonard INTRODUCTION . 15.
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... course we were to sail . On June 20 we reached Daiquiri , Cuba . On the morning of the 22d the navy , with steam and naphtha launches towing large strings of boats , commenced landing our troops . General Shafter put Lawton's division ...
... course we were to sail . On June 20 we reached Daiquiri , Cuba . On the morning of the 22d the navy , with steam and naphtha launches towing large strings of boats , commenced landing our troops . General Shafter put Lawton's division ...
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... frame ; and his effort turned to developing the strength which he so much desired , and which it seemed nature had intended to deny him . Possibly the courses of his development were aided by nature BIRTH , LINEAGE , BOYHOOD . 51.
... frame ; and his effort turned to developing the strength which he so much desired , and which it seemed nature had intended to deny him . Possibly the courses of his development were aided by nature BIRTH , LINEAGE , BOYHOOD . 51.
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... courses of his development were aided by nature in that period of his life when he advanced toward maturity . In any event , he was successful . The sickly youth became stronger . He suffered unnumbered defeats , but never for once was ...
... courses of his development were aided by nature in that period of his life when he advanced toward maturity . In any event , he was successful . The sickly youth became stronger . He suffered unnumbered defeats , but never for once was ...
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... course of self - discipline ; for arithmetic was naturally distasteful to him . He loved to revel in books of adventure , and knew the story of his own land and those of modern western Europe , from repeated reading . But he had ...
... course of self - discipline ; for arithmetic was naturally distasteful to him . He loved to revel in books of adventure , and knew the story of his own land and those of modern western Europe , from repeated reading . But he had ...
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