The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... therein . They were to be seen at their best in the vast , interminable forests that formed their chosen home . They won and kept their lands by force , and ever lived either at war or in 6 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
... therein . They were to be seen at their best in the vast , interminable forests that formed their chosen home . They won and kept their lands by force , and ever lived either at war or in 6 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
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Selections from His Writings and Speeches Theodore Roosevelt John Ashby Lester. force , and ever lived either at war or in dread of war . Hence they settled always in groups of several families each , all banded together for mutual ...
Selections from His Writings and Speeches Theodore Roosevelt John Ashby Lester. force , and ever lived either at war or in dread of war . Hence they settled always in groups of several families each , all banded together for mutual ...
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... force would have pro- tected them or enabled them to move westward . Colo- nists fresh from the old world , no matter how thrifty , steady - going , and industrious , could not hold their own on the frontier ; they had to settle where ...
... force would have pro- tected them or enabled them to move westward . Colo- nists fresh from the old world , no matter how thrifty , steady - going , and industrious , could not hold their own on the frontier ; they had to settle where ...
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... force of their strange sur- roundings . At the bottom they were deeply religious in their tendencies ; and although ministers and meeting- houses were rare , yet the backwoods cabins often con- tained Bibles , and the mothers used to ...
... force of their strange sur- roundings . At the bottom they were deeply religious in their tendencies ; and although ministers and meeting- houses were rare , yet the backwoods cabins often con- tained Bibles , and the mothers used to ...
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... Licks , in which two hundred of the best riflemen of Kentucky were beaten with terrible slaughter by a great force of Indians from the lakes , Boone commanded the left wing . Leading his men , rifle in hand 22 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
... Licks , in which two hundred of the best riflemen of Kentucky were beaten with terrible slaughter by a great force of Indians from the lakes , Boone commanded the left wing . Leading his men , rifle in hand 22 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
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