The Strenuous Life: Essays and AddressesCentury Company, 1902 - 332 pages |
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Page 7
... mind , whose soul is incapable of feeling the mighty lift that thrills " stern men with empires in their brains " -all these , of course , shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties ; shrink from seeing us build a navy and ...
... mind , whose soul is incapable of feeling the mighty lift that thrills " stern men with empires in their brains " -all these , of course , shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties ; shrink from seeing us build a navy and ...
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... , as to insure the best 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 the men who during the preceding fifteen years had built THE STRENUOUS LIFE 11.
... , as to insure the best 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 the men who during the preceding fifteen years had built THE STRENUOUS LIFE 11.
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... mind the secretaries of the navy during those years ; keep in mind the senators and con- gressmen who by their votes gave the money necessary to build and to armor the ships , to construct the great guns , and to train the crews ...
... mind the secretaries of the navy during those years ; keep in mind the senators and con- gressmen who by their votes gave the money necessary to build and to armor the ships , to construct the great guns , and to train the crews ...
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... mind that we must show in a very high degree the qualities of courage , of honesty , and of good judgment . Resistance must be stamped out . The first and all- important work to be done is to establish the supremacy of our flag . We ...
... mind that we must show in a very high degree the qualities of courage , of honesty , and of good judgment . Resistance must be stamped out . The first and all- important work to be done is to establish the supremacy of our flag . We ...
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... emotional reaction in a mor- bid nature from vice to virtue , also leads to the creation of Tolstoi's " Kreutzer Sonata " on the one hand , and of his unhealthy peace- mysticism on the other . A sane and healthy mind EXPANSION AND PEACE 27.
... emotional reaction in a mor- bid nature from vice to virtue , also leads to the creation of Tolstoi's " Kreutzer Sonata " on the one hand , and of his unhealthy peace- mysticism on the other . A sane and healthy mind EXPANSION AND PEACE 27.
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Page 288 - There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build, and keep at a pitch of the highest training, a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Page 4 - 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 neither victory nor defeat.
Page 2 - We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who 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 stern strife of actual life.
Page 56 - No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
Page 20 - I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease but for the life of strenuous endeavor.
Page 9 - We cannot sit huddled within our own borders and avow ourselves merely an assemblage of well-to-do hucksters who care nothing for what happens beyond.