Final Report Relating to a Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1958: Pursuant to Public Law 183, of the Eighty-fourth CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 219 pages |
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... arrange birthday parties or memorial demonstrations , however impressive . " What we are after lies on deeper levels . It is to grasp the breathtaking opportunity which the centennial offers to make the spirit of Theodore Roosevelt ...
... arrange birthday parties or memorial demonstrations , however impressive . " What we are after lies on deeper levels . It is to grasp the breathtaking opportunity which the centennial offers to make the spirit of Theodore Roosevelt ...
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... arranged by the Washington Independence Day Committee in cooperation with the Theodore Roosevelt Association . The Secretary of Agriculture , Ezra Taft Benson , addressing the vast crowd , spreading beyond the Watergate , up and down ...
... arranged by the Washington Independence Day Committee in cooperation with the Theodore Roosevelt Association . The Secretary of Agriculture , Ezra Taft Benson , addressing the vast crowd , spreading beyond the Watergate , up and down ...
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... arranged by the American Academy of Arts and Letters at its headquarters on West 155th Street , and dealt with Roosevelt as a man of letters . Other exhibits followed , the most notable sponsored by the American Museum of Natural ...
... arranged by the American Academy of Arts and Letters at its headquarters on West 155th Street , and dealt with Roosevelt as a man of letters . Other exhibits followed , the most notable sponsored by the American Museum of Natural ...
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... arranged a quiz show on Mr. Roosevelt's life ; in another , Mr. Roosevelt's interpretation of the responsibilities and powers of the Presidency , and his own use of those powers . " A stimulating and challenging experience , " noted one ...
... arranged a quiz show on Mr. Roosevelt's life ; in another , Mr. Roosevelt's interpretation of the responsibilities and powers of the Presidency , and his own use of those powers . " A stimulating and challenging experience , " noted one ...
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... arranged reading programs ; television broadcasts were held and forum discussions were organized by the New Hamp- shire Council on World Affairs ; schools and colleges arranged exhibits and meetings . Under the leadership of the ...
... arranged reading programs ; television broadcasts were held and forum discussions were organized by the New Hamp- shire Council on World Affairs ; schools and colleges arranged exhibits and meetings . Under the leadership of the ...
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Page 23 - 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 not victory nor defeat.
Page 67 - There are now over five thousand public libraries in the United States, the product of this period. In addition to accumulating material, they are also striving by organization, by improvement in method, and by co-operation, to give greater efficiency to the material they hold, to make it more widely...
Page 55 - Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission), which shall be composed of five commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Page 56 - Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members.
Page 16 - Our nation is that one among all the nations of the earth which holds in its hands the fate of the coming years. We enjoy exceptional advantages, and are menaced by exceptional dangers; and all signs indicate that we shall either fail greatly or succeed greatly. I firmly believe that we shall succeed; but we must not foolishly blink the dangers by which we are threatened, for that is the way to fail.
Page 18 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife ; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 56 - Code, or of any other Federal law imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties in relation to the employment of persons, the performance of services, or the payment or receipt...
Page 22 - Day, and the President Is authorized and requested annually to Issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such National Maritime Day by displaying the flag...
Page 33 - The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight...
Page 15 - ... made. We are optimists. We spurn the teachings of despair and distrust. We have an abiding faith in the growing strength, the growing future of the mighty young nation, still in the flush of its youth, and yet with the might of a giant, which stands on a continent and grasps an ocean with either hand. Succeed? Of course we shall succeed! How can success fail to come to a race of masterful energy and resoluteness, which has a continent for the base of its domain, and which feels within its veins...