The Strenuous Life: Essays and AddressesCentury Company, 1902 - 332 pages |
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... strive after great things , is as little worthy of a 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 ...
... strive after great things , is as little worthy of a 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 ...
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... strive ? You men of Chicago have made this city great , you men of Illinois have done your share , and more than your share , in making America great , because you neither preach nor practise such a doctrine . You work yourselves , and ...
... strive ? You men of Chicago have made this city great , you men of Illinois have done your share , and more than your share , in making America great , because you neither preach nor practise such a doctrine . You work yourselves , and ...
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... strive in good faith to play a great part in the world . We cannot avoid meeting great issues . All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill . In 1898 we could not help being brought face to face ...
... strive in good faith to play a great part in the world . We cannot avoid meeting great issues . All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill . In 1898 we could not help being brought face to face ...
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... strive for honesty in office , for honesty toward the creditors of the nation and of the individual ; for the widest freedom of individual initia- tive where possible , and for the wisest con- trol of individual initiative where it is ...
... strive for honesty in office , for honesty toward the creditors of the nation and of the individual ; for the widest freedom of individual initia- tive where possible , and for the wisest con- trol of individual initiative where it is ...
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... strive for honesty , and for the cleansing of what is corrupt in the dark places of our politics , should emphatically disassociate themselves from the men whose antics throw discredit upon the reforms they profess to advocate . These ...
... strive for honesty , and for the cleansing of what is corrupt in the dark places of our politics , should emphatically disassociate themselves from the men whose antics throw discredit upon the reforms they profess to advocate . These ...
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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.