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The book is a unit ; and , unless the compiler is altogether deceiving himself , the
reader will find in the material contained in it a logical progression from the first
page to the last . The selections , the reader will note , are divided into three
major ...
The book is a unit ; and , unless the compiler is altogether deceiving himself , the
reader will find in the material contained in it a logical progression from the first
page to the last . The selections , the reader will note , are divided into three
major ...
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He lived out in the woods for many months with no food but meat , and no shelter
whatever , unless he made a lean - to of brush or crawled into a hollow sycamore
. Such training stood the frontier folk in good stead when they were pitted ...
He lived out in the woods for many months with no food but meat , and no shelter
whatever , unless he made a lean - to of brush or crawled into a hollow sycamore
. Such training stood the frontier folk in good stead when they were pitted ...
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I think even then he is probably better off than if he is an idler , but he is of no real
use unless together with the quality which enables him to work he has the quality
which enables him to love his fellows , to work with them and for them for the ...
I think even then he is probably better off than if he is an idler , but he is of no real
use unless together with the quality which enables him to work he has the quality
which enables him to love his fellows , to work with them and for them for the ...
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Disregarding the exceptions , and speaking normally , no man can be of any
service to the State , no man can amount to anything from the standpoint of
usefulness to the community at large , unless first and foremost he is a decent
man in the ...
Disregarding the exceptions , and speaking normally , no man can be of any
service to the State , no man can amount to anything from the standpoint of
usefulness to the community at large , unless first and foremost he is a decent
man in the ...
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Happiness cannot come to any man capable of enjoying true happiness unless it
comes as the sequel to duty well and honestly done . To do that duty you need to
have more than one trait . You will meet plenty of well - meaning people who ...
Happiness cannot come to any man capable of enjoying true happiness unless it
comes as the sequel to duty well and honestly done . To do that duty you need to
have more than one trait . You will meet plenty of well - meaning people who ...
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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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