The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... fighting settlers , who with axe and rifle won their way from the Allegha- " nies to the Rio Grande and the Pacific . These Presbyterian Irish were , however , far from being the only settlers on the border , although more than any ...
... fighting settlers , who with axe and rifle won their way from the Allegha- " nies to the Rio Grande and the Pacific . These Presbyterian Irish were , however , far from being the only settlers on the border , although more than any ...
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... These armed hunters , woodchoppers , and farmers were their own soldiers . They built and manned their own forts ; they did their own fighting under their own commanders . There were no regiments of regular troops along THE BACKGROUND 13.
... These armed hunters , woodchoppers , and farmers were their own soldiers . They built and manned their own forts ; they did their own fighting under their own commanders . There were no regiments of regular troops along THE BACKGROUND 13.
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... united with the uncontrollable young men of vicious tastes who were given to gambling , fight- ing , and the like . They then formed half - secret organi- zations , often of great extent and with wide ramifica- THE BACKGROUND 15.
... united with the uncontrollable young men of vicious tastes who were given to gambling , fight- ing , and the like . They then formed half - secret organi- zations , often of great extent and with wide ramifica- THE BACKGROUND 15.
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... fight . Texas was a wild place in those days and the old hunter had more than one hairbreadth escape from Indians , desperadoes , and savage beasts , ere he got to the neigh- borhood of San Antonio , and joined another adventurer , a ...
... fight . Texas was a wild place in those days and the old hunter had more than one hairbreadth escape from Indians , desperadoes , and savage beasts , ere he got to the neigh- borhood of San Antonio , and joined another adventurer , a ...
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... fight reeled to and fro between the shattered walls , each American the center of a group of foes ; but , for all their strength and their wild fighting courage , the defenders were too few , and the struggle could have but one end ...
... fight reeled to and fro between the shattered walls , each American the center of a group of foes ; but , for all their strength and their wild fighting courage , the defenders were too few , and the struggle could have but one end ...
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