 Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.  Public Papers of Theodore Roosevelt, Governor, 1899[-1900] - Page 293by New York (State). Governor (1899-1901 : Roosevelt), Theodore Roosevelt - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 302 pages
...fit subjects for the scorn of all men and women who are themselves strong and brave and high-minded. As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation....because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. If, in 1861, the men who loved the Union had believed that peace was the end... | |
 | Charles Eugene Banks, Le Roy Armstrong - 1901 - 480 pages
...subjects for the scorn of all men and women who are themselves strong and brave and high-minded. ' ' "It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat." "Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers, the men who upheld the... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 244 pages
...the housewife, the helpmeet of the homemaker, the wise and fearless mother of many healthy children. As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation....because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. If in 1861 the men who loved the Union had believed that peace was the end... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - 1911 - 412 pages
...fit subjects for the scorn of all men and women who are themselves strong and brave and high-minded. As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation....dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even tho checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - 1911 - 408 pages
...has a glorious history. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even tho checkered by failure, than to take rank with those...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. If in 1861 the men who loved the Union had believed that peace was the end... | |
 | Elias Hershey Sneath, George Hodges, Edward Lawrence Stevens - 1913 - 384 pages
...embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. If in 1861 the men who loved, the Union had believed that peace was the end... | |
 | Elias Hershey Sneath - 1913 - 386 pages
...who follow it for serious work in the world. As it is with the individual, so it is with the natiqn. It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. If in 1861 the men who loved the Union had believed that peace was the end... | |
 | Richard Ashley Rice - 1915 - 412 pages
...fit subjects for the scorn of all men and women who are themselves strong and brave and high-minded. As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation....because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. If in 1 86 1 the men who loved the Union had believed that peace was the end... | |
 | Charles Grenfill Washburn - 1916 - 272 pages
...hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. • ••#....« Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat. Fine expression of his dauntless spirit; and, again: — On behalf of all our... | |
 | Charles Grenfill Washburn - 1916 - 284 pages
...from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. • ••••••*• Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat. Fine expression of his dauntless spirit; and, again: — On behalf of all our... | |
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