The Strenuous Life: Essays and AddressesCentury Company, 1902 - 332 pages |
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Page 41
... reform in her village : " I don't know that I think they are so much above us as too far to one side . Sometimes it ... reform the politics of a large city , or , for that matter , of the whole country , as to those who would reform the ...
... reform in her village : " I don't know that I think they are so much above us as too far to one side . Sometimes it ... reform the politics of a large city , or , for that matter , of the whole country , as to those who would reform the ...
Page 42
... reform , ” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency . There are , of course , men of such ... reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteous- ness , for the sake ...
... reform , ” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency . There are , of course , men of such ... reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteous- ness , for the sake ...
Page 47
... ize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughing- stock among decent men . A caustic observer once remarked that when Dr. Johnson spoke AMONG REFORMERS 47.
... ize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughing- stock among decent men . A caustic observer once remarked that when Dr. Johnson spoke AMONG REFORMERS 47.
Page 48
... reform than it is to justify treason by showing that men of shady character frequently try to cover their misconduct ... reforms they profess to advocate . These little knots of extremists are found everywhere , one type flourishing ...
... reform than it is to justify treason by showing that men of shady character frequently try to cover their misconduct ... reforms they profess to advocate . These little knots of extremists are found everywhere , one type flourishing ...
Page 49
... reform , or they may merely with comprehensive vagueness announce themselves as the general enemies of what is bad , of corruption , machine poli- tics , and the like . Their policies and prin- ciples are usually mutually exclusive ...
... reform , or they may merely with comprehensive vagueness announce themselves as the general enemies of what is bad , of corruption , machine poli- tics , and the like . Their policies and prin- ciples are usually mutually exclusive ...
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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.