Roosevelt, the Happy WarriorLittle, Brown,, 1921 - 376 pages |
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... remarked , ' If the Lord hadn't taken care of Theodore he would have been killed long ago . 999 The most significant of the early incidents of Roosevelt's life , of which we have record , was the amusing one which tells of his protest ...
... remarked , ' If the Lord hadn't taken care of Theodore he would have been killed long ago . 999 The most significant of the early incidents of Roosevelt's life , of which we have record , was the amusing one which tells of his protest ...
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... remarked , " The ap- plause seems somewhat lukewarm at this point . I . will repeat what I said . " And repeat it he did , with additional vigor . And that great assemblage , won by his intrepidity — though perhaps uncon- vinced as to ...
... remarked , " The ap- plause seems somewhat lukewarm at this point . I . will repeat what I said . " And repeat it he did , with additional vigor . And that great assemblage , won by his intrepidity — though perhaps uncon- vinced as to ...
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... remarking , ' Well , if I've got to , I've got to . ' Then , looking past him casually , I suddenly struck , quick and hard , with my right on his jaw , then with my left , and again with my right . Down he went , his head hit the ...
... remarking , ' Well , if I've got to , I've got to . ' Then , looking past him casually , I suddenly struck , quick and hard , with my right on his jaw , then with my left , and again with my right . Down he went , his head hit the ...
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... remarked that he thought it was a perfectly proper thing for a lady to ask a gentleman to move , but that he had never happened to hear it put that way before . " In his mature life , Roosevelt evinced a reason- able amount of tact ...
... remarked that he thought it was a perfectly proper thing for a lady to ask a gentleman to move , but that he had never happened to hear it put that way before . " In his mature life , Roosevelt evinced a reason- able amount of tact ...
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... aware of Roosevelt's presence , remarked , ' McKinley , you remember a fellow named Roosevelt , who was Harrison's Civil Service Commissioner . He was the most impracticable man I ever saw . I notice VICTORS AND SPOILS 115.
... aware of Roosevelt's presence , remarked , ' McKinley , you remember a fellow named Roosevelt , who was Harrison's Civil Service Commissioner . He was the most impracticable man I ever saw . I notice VICTORS AND SPOILS 115.
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Page 181 - Come when it will, is equal to the need: —He who, though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes; Sweet images! which, wheresoe'er he be, Are at his heart; and such fidelity It is his darling passion to approve; More brave for this, that he hath much to love...
Page 360 - Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall, to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name Finds comfort in himself and in his cause ; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause : This is the happy warrior ; this is he That every man in arms should wish to be.
Page 133 - Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought : Whose high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright : Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn : Abides by this resolve, and stops not there, But makes his moral being his prime care...
Page 355 - Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die, and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
Page 359 - I am going to my Father's ; and though with great difficulty I have got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles, who now will be my rewarder.
Page 133 - Who, doomed to go in company with Pain, And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Page 134 - If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight...
Page 229 - Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth or honors, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna, if they come at all...