 | Grenville Kleiser - 1911 - 408 pages
...merely forfeits its right to struggle for a place among the peoples that shape the destiny of mankind. I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country...us big with the fate of many nations. If we stand Jdly by, if we seek merely swollen, sjxil^ul ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests... | |
 | 1911 - 1082 pages
...preferment. It cannot be too strongly enforced upon the minds of young lawyers that their profession calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavour. For it is only through strife, through hard and persistent endeavour, that the young lawyer... | |
 | Woman's Relief Corps. Department of Massachusetts - 1919 - 324 pages
...and we added them to our Picture Gallery. CONCLUSION. Theodore Roosevelt once said, "I preach to you, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the...of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavor." Although I surrender now to my successor the great responsibilities ot leadership and trust, which... | |
 | 1919 - 824 pages
...meeting great issues. AH that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill. The twentieth century looms before us big with the fate of many nations. ... If we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1920 - 424 pages
...enable us to have our say in deciding the destiny of the oceans of the East and the 20 West. . . . I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country...the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if 2s we seek merely swollen, slothful ease, and ignoble peace, . if we shrink from the hard contests... | |
 | Durant Drake - 1922 - 358 pages
...an adjective that has come to be peculiarly associated with him, declared that "our country calls us not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavor." The title of a recent volume on America by a distinguished Frenchman is significant: The People of Action.... | |
 | Edward Howe Cotton - 1923 - 360 pages
...the housewife, the helpmeet of the home-maker, the wise and fearless mother of many healthy children. "I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country...looms before us big with the fate of many nations.... Let us boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold... | |
 | Edward Howe Cotton - 1923 - 362 pages
...the housewife, the helpmeet of the home-maker, the wise and fearless mother of many healthy children. "I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease, but 220 for the life of strenuous endeavor. The twentieth century looms before us big with the fate of... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1962 - 998 pages
...century — Theodore Roosevelt, a strong man who burned with conviction. Listen to his words: "* * * our country calls not for the life of ease but for the life of strenuous endeavor. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from... | |
 | Gail Bederman - 2008 - 322 pages
...of strife between races for the "dominion of the world," which only the most manful race could win. I preach to you then, my countrymen, that our country...life of ease but for the life of strenuous endeavor. . . .If we stand idly by ... then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for... | |
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I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease but for the life of strenuous endeavor. 
