The Strenuous Life: Essays and AddressesCentury Company, 1902 - 332 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 90
Page 1
... nation as of an indi- vidual . I ask only that what every self- respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of the American nation as a whole . Who among you would teach your boys that ease , that 1 ...
... nation as of an indi- vidual . I ask only that what every self- respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of the American nation as a whole . Who among you would teach your boys that ease , that 1 ...
Page 2
... nation . 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 ...
... nation . 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 ...
Page 4
... nation . It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history . Thrice happy is the nation that has a glori- ous history . Far better it is to dare mighty things , to win glorious triumphs , even though checkered by ...
... nation . It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history . Thrice happy is the nation that has a glori- ous history . Far better it is to dare mighty things , to win glorious triumphs , even though checkered by ...
Page 5
... nations of the earth . Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers , the men who upheld the wisdom of Lincoln , and bore sword or rifle in the armies of Grant ! Let us , the children of the men who proved themselves equal to the ...
... nations of the earth . Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers , the men who upheld the wisdom of Lincoln , and bore sword or rifle in the armies of Grant ! Let us , the children of the men who proved themselves equal to the ...
Page 6
... nation that has trained itself to a career of unwarlike and isolated ease is bound , in the end , to go down before other nations which have not lost the manly and adventurous qualities . If we are to be a really great people , we must ...
... nation that has trained itself to a career of unwarlike and isolated ease is bound , in the end , to go down before other nations which have not lost the manly and adventurous qualities . If we are to be a really great people , we must ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable ADMIRAL DEWEY alike Ameri American army association benefit better brotherhood Bureau of Navigation captain Captain Mahan cause century chance character civic Civil War civilized command courage course Cuba danger decent deeds demagogue Dewey Dewey's duty effort evil expanded fact feel fellow-feeling fighting fox-hunting hand healthy honesty honor ideal individual infinitely interest islands justice keep kind labor less lesson Lincoln lives long run lute Manila Bay manly means ment merely mighty mind Monroe Doctrine moral nation naval navy necessary neighbor ness never officers ourselves peace philanthropy Philippines political politician possible practical promise prosperity qualities realize reform remember republic result right stuff righteousness sense ships shrink social soldiers Spain spirit squeegee stand strength strive success Sudan tain task things tion Tom Brown treme true Union virtues whole wrong
Popular passages
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.