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Page 10
All had small farms , with the few stock necessary to cultivate them ; the farms
being generally placed in the hollows , the division lines between them , if they
were close together , being the tops of the ridges and the watercourses ,
especially ...
All had small farms , with the few stock necessary to cultivate them ; the farms
being generally placed in the hollows , the division lines between them , if they
were close together , being the tops of the ridges and the watercourses ,
especially ...
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Moreover , what was of even greater importance , the two young captains
possessed in perfection the qualities necessary to pilot such an expedition
through unknown lands and among savage tribes . They kept good discipline
among the men ...
Moreover , what was of even greater importance , the two young captains
possessed in perfection the qualities necessary to pilot such an expedition
through unknown lands and among savage tribes . They kept good discipline
among the men ...
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It will of necessity find a different expression now , but the quality itself remains
just as necessary as ever . Surely you men of the West , you men who with stout
heart , cool head , and ready hand have wrought out your own success and built
...
It will of necessity find a different expression now , but the quality itself remains
just as necessary as ever . Surely you men of the West , you men who with stout
heart , cool head , and ready hand have wrought out your own success and built
...
Page 51
... to enter college , " My friend , I know that you feel that you ought to be a good
man ; now , be willing to fight for your principles whenever it is necessary ; if you '
re willing enough to fight , nobody will complain about your being too virtuous .
... to enter college , " My friend , I know that you feel that you ought to be a good
man ; now , be willing to fight for your principles whenever it is necessary ; if you '
re willing enough to fight , nobody will complain about your being too virtuous .
Page 57
We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who never wrongs
his neighbor , who is prompt to help a friend , but who has those virile qualities
necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life . It is hard to fail , but it is worse ...
We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who never wrongs
his neighbor , who is prompt to help a friend , but who has those virile qualities
necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life . It is hard to fail , but it is worse ...
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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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