The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... matter with adjurations which notably 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 ...
... matter with adjurations which notably 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 ...
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... matter how thrifty , steady - going , and industrious , could not hold their own on the frontier ; they had to settle where they were pro- tected from the Indians by a living barrier of bold and self - reliant American borderers . The ...
... matter how thrifty , steady - going , and industrious , could not hold their own on the frontier ; they had to settle where they were pro- tected from the Indians by a living barrier of bold and self - reliant American borderers . The ...
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... matter how brilliant . But we need more than these qualities . This country cannot afford to have its sons less than men ; but neither can it afford to have them other than good men . If courage and strength and intellect are ...
... matter how brilliant . But we need more than these qualities . This country cannot afford to have its sons less than men ; but neither can it afford to have them other than good men . If courage and strength and intellect are ...
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... matter of years ; just as the train- ing of a nation to fit it successfully to fulfill the duties of self - government is a matter , not of a decade or two , but of generations . There are foolish empiricists who be- lieve that the ...
... matter of years ; just as the train- ing of a nation to fit it successfully to fulfill the duties of self - government is a matter , not of a decade or two , but of generations . There are foolish empiricists who be- lieve that the ...
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... matters but little in which line that work is done ; the man is a good American citizen . If he does his work in slipshod fashion , then no matter what kind of work it is , he is a poor American citizen.1 1 Speech to the Brotherhood of ...
... matters but little in which line that work is done ; the man is a good American citizen . If he does his work in slipshod fashion , then no matter what kind of work it is , he is a poor American citizen.1 1 Speech to the Brotherhood of ...
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