The Strenuous Life: Essays and AddressesCentury Company, 1902 - 332 pages |
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Page 18
... settled in these United States . England's rule in India and Egypt has been of great benefit to England , for it has trained up generations of men accustomed to look at the larger and loftier side of pub- 18 THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
... settled in these United States . England's rule in India and Egypt has been of great benefit to England , for it has trained up generations of men accustomed to look at the larger and loftier side of pub- 18 THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
Page 19
... rule is acknow- ledged , then an even more difficult task will begin , for then we must see to it that the islands are administered with absolute hon . esty and with good judgment . If we let the THE STRENUOUS LIFE 19.
... rule is acknow- ledged , then an even more difficult task will begin , for then we must see to it that the islands are administered with absolute hon . esty and with good judgment . If we let the THE STRENUOUS LIFE 19.
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... rule of law and of order has succeeded to the rule of barbarous and bloody violence . Until the great civilized nations stepped in there was no chance for anything but such bloody violence . So it has been in the history of our own ...
... rule of law and of order has succeeded to the rule of barbarous and bloody violence . Until the great civilized nations stepped in there was no chance for anything but such bloody violence . So it has been in the history of our own ...
Page 44
... rule as to when com- promise is right and when wrong ; when it is a sign of the highest statesmanship to temporize , and when it is merely a proof of weakness . Now and then one can stand uncompromisingly for 44 LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE.
... rule as to when com- promise is right and when wrong ; when it is a sign of the highest statesmanship to temporize , and when it is merely a proof of weakness . Now and then one can stand uncompromisingly for 44 LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE.
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... Rule have no part in political life . " Such statements , openly made , imply a belief that the public conscience is dull ; and where the men who make them continue to be political leaders , the public has itself to thank for all short ...
... Rule have no part in political life . " Such statements , openly made , imply a belief that the public conscience is dull ; and where the men who make them continue to be political leaders , the public has itself to thank for all short ...
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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.