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Page 15
Most of the men who came to the backwoods to hew out homes and rear families
were stern , manly , and honest ; but there was also a large influx of people
drawn from the worst immigrants that perhaps ever were brought to America - the
...
Most of the men who came to the backwoods to hew out homes and rear families
were stern , manly , and honest ; but there was also a large influx of people
drawn from the worst immigrants that perhaps ever were brought to America - the
...
Page 49
We can no more afford to lose social and civic decency and honesty than we can
afford to lose the qualities of courage and strength . It is the merest truism to say
that the nation rests upon the individual , upon the family - upon individual ...
We can no more afford to lose social and civic decency and honesty than we can
afford to lose the qualities of courage and strength . It is the merest truism to say
that the nation rests upon the individual , upon the family - upon individual ...
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Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife , resolute to do our duty well and
manfully ; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word ; resolute to be
both honest and brave , to serve high ideals , yet to use practical methods .
Above all ...
Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife , resolute to do our duty well and
manfully ; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word ; resolute to be
both honest and brave , to serve high ideals , yet to use practical methods .
Above all ...
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Be truthful ; a lie implies fear , vanity or malevolence ; and be frank ; furtiveness
and insincerity are faults incompatible with true manliness . Be honest , and
remember that honesty counts for nothing unless back of it lie courage and
efficiency .
Be truthful ; a lie implies fear , vanity or malevolence ; and be frank ; furtiveness
and insincerity are faults incompatible with true manliness . Be honest , and
remember that honesty counts for nothing unless back of it lie courage and
efficiency .
Page 73
Our public life depends upon men who take an active interest in that public life ;
who are bound to see public affairs honestly and competently managed ; but who
have the good sense to know what honesty and competency actually mean .
Our public life depends upon men who take an active interest in that public life ;
who are bound to see public affairs honestly and competently managed ; but who
have the good sense to know what honesty and competency actually mean .
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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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