The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... fail to determine the acts of the man who utters them . The third main divi- sion of the book is , therefore , devoted to autobiographi- cal narratives and letters intended to reveal how Roose- velt himself practiced the strenuous , the ...
... fail to determine the acts of the man who utters them . The third main divi- sion of the book is , therefore , devoted to autobiographi- cal narratives and letters intended to reveal how Roose- velt himself practiced the strenuous , the ...
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... failed and the flocks were destroyed by wolves , the children had but scanty covering to hide their nakedness . The man tanned the buckskin , the woman was tailor and shoe- maker , and made the deer - skin sifters to be used instead of ...
... failed and the flocks were destroyed by wolves , the children had but scanty covering to hide their nakedness . The man tanned the buckskin , the woman was tailor and shoe- maker , and made the deer - skin sifters to be used instead of ...
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... failed even more signally when given a great independent command . He had under him 120,000 men when , toward the end of April , he prepared to attack Lee's army , which was but half as strong . The Union army lay opposite ...
... failed even more signally when given a great independent command . He had under him 120,000 men when , toward the end of April , he prepared to attack Lee's army , which was but half as strong . The Union army lay opposite ...
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... fail greatly . The citizen of a small nation may keep his self - respect if that nation plays but a small part in the world , because it is physically impossible for the nation to do otherwise ; but the citizen of a great nation which ...
... fail greatly . The citizen of a small nation may keep his self - respect if that nation plays but a small part in the world , because it is physically impossible for the nation to do otherwise ; but the citizen of a great nation which ...
Page 47
... fails , why , he is still entitled to a certain share of respect because he has made the effort . But if he does not make the effort , or if he makes it half - heartedly and recoils from the labor , the risk , or the irksome monotony of ...
... fails , why , he is still entitled to a certain share of respect because he has made the effort . But if he does not make the effort , or if he makes it half - heartedly and recoils from the labor , the risk , or the irksome monotony of ...
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