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INTRODUCTION This book is intended to serve a double purpose to provide a
selection of striking passages from Theodore Roosevelt's writings , and to serve
as an interpretation of his mental processes , of his moral , social , and political ...
INTRODUCTION This book is intended to serve a double purpose to provide a
selection of striking passages from Theodore Roosevelt's writings , and to serve
as an interpretation of his mental processes , of his moral , social , and political ...
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All his moral , social , political and economic ideas may be grouped about five
fundamental conceptions , bound together into one compact and aspiring whole :
I. The elemental virtues — the basis of good citizenship ; II . Good citizenship - the
...
All his moral , social , political and economic ideas may be grouped about five
fundamental conceptions , bound together into one compact and aspiring whole :
I. The elemental virtues — the basis of good citizenship ; II . Good citizenship - the
...
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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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I pity the creature who does n't work , at whichever end of the social scale he may
regard himself as being . The law of worthy work well done is the law of
successful American life . I believe in play , too - play , and play hard while you
play ; but ...
I pity the creature who does n't work , at whichever end of the social scale he may
regard himself as being . The law of worthy work well done is the law of
successful American life . I believe in play , too - play , and play hard while you
play ; but ...
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The salvation of the Republic depends — the salvation of our whole social
system depends - upon the production year by year of a sufficient number of
citizens who possess high ideals combined with the practical power to realize
them in ...
The salvation of the Republic depends — the salvation of our whole social
system depends - upon the production year by year of a sufficient number of
citizens who possess high ideals combined with the practical power to realize
them in ...
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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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