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The neighborhood of his own kind made him feel cramped and ill at ease . So he
moved ever westward with the frontier ; and as Kentucky filled up he crossed the
Mississippi and settled on the borders of the prairie country of Missouri , where ...
The neighborhood of his own kind made him feel cramped and ill at ease . So he
moved ever westward with the frontier ; and as Kentucky filled up he crossed the
Mississippi and settled on the borders of the prairie country of Missouri , where ...
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intellect or strength the other way , it is the character side that will win.1 IV I
RECOLLECT saying to a young friend who was about to enter college , " My
friend , I know that you feel that you ought to be a good man ; now , be willing to
fight for ...
intellect or strength the other way , it is the character side that will win.1 IV I
RECOLLECT saying to a young friend who was about to enter college , " My
friend , I know that you feel that you ought to be a good man ; now , be willing to
fight for ...
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I wish to see the decent man in any relation of life , including politics , when
hustled by the man who is not decent , able so to hold his own that the other
gentleman shall feel no desire to hustle him again . My plea is for the virtue that
shall be ...
I wish to see the decent man in any relation of life , including politics , when
hustled by the man who is not decent , able so to hold his own that the other
gentleman shall feel no desire to hustle him again . My plea is for the virtue that
shall be ...
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In other words , you should make it your object to be the right kind of boys at
home , so that your family will feel a genuine regret , instead of a sense of relief ,
when you stay away ; and at the same time you must be able to hold your own in
the ...
In other words , you should make it your object to be the right kind of boys at
home , so that your family will feel a genuine regret , instead of a sense of relief ,
when you stay away ; and at the same time you must be able to hold your own in
the ...
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wrong doing is so abhorrent as wrong doing by a man toward the wife and the
children who should arouse every tender feeling in his nature . Selfishness
toward them , lack of tenderness toward them , lack of consideration for them ,
above all ...
wrong doing is so abhorrent as wrong doing by a man toward the wife and the
children who should arouse every tender feeling in his nature . Selfishness
toward them , lack of tenderness toward them , lack of consideration for them ,
above all ...
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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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