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Page 6
Their grim , harsh , narrow lives were yet strangely fascinating and full of
adventurous toil and danger ; none but natures as strong , as freedom - loving ,
and as full of bold defiance as theirs would have endured existence on the terms
which ...
Their grim , harsh , narrow lives were yet strangely fascinating and full of
adventurous toil and danger ; none but natures as strong , as freedom - loving ,
and as full of bold defiance as theirs would have endured existence on the terms
which ...
Page 8
These forts , of course , could not stand against cannon , and they were always in
danger when attacked with fire ; but save for this risk of burning they were very
effectual defenses against men without artillery , and were rarely taken , whether
...
These forts , of course , could not stand against cannon , and they were always in
danger when attacked with fire ; but save for this risk of burning they were very
effectual defenses against men without artillery , and were rarely taken , whether
...
Page 12
The forest had to be felled , droughts , deep snows , freshets , cloudbursts , forest
fires , and all the other dangers of a ... Rattlesnakes and copperheads were very
plentiful , and , the former especially , constant sources of danger and death .
The forest had to be felled , droughts , deep snows , freshets , cloudbursts , forest
fires , and all the other dangers of a ... Rattlesnakes and copperheads were very
plentiful , and , the former especially , constant sources of danger and death .
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The West would never have been settled save for the fierce courage and the
eager desire to brave danger so characteristic of the stalwart backwoodsmen .
These armed hunters , woodchoppers , and farmers were their own soldiers .
The West would never have been settled save for the fierce courage and the
eager desire to brave danger so characteristic of the stalwart backwoodsmen .
These armed hunters , woodchoppers , and farmers were their own soldiers .
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... axe as skillfully as other frontiersmen . His main business was that of surveyor ,
for his knowledge of the country , and his ability to travel through it , in spite of the
danger from Indians , created much 20 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
... axe as skillfully as other frontiersmen . His main business was that of surveyor ,
for his knowledge of the country , and his ability to travel through it , in spite of the
danger from Indians , created much 20 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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