The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The strenuous lifeP. F. Collier, 1901 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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Page 6
... better it is to dare mighty things , to win glorious triumphs , even though checkered by failure , than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much , because they live in the gray twilight that knows not ...
... better it is to dare mighty things , to win glorious triumphs , even though checkered by failure , than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much , because they live in the gray twilight that knows not ...
Page 11
... better not have begun the task at all . It is worse than idle to say that we have no duty to per- form , and can leave to their fates the islands we have conquered . Such a course would be the course of infamy . It would be followed at ...
... better not have begun the task at all . It is worse than idle to say that we have no duty to per- form , and can leave to their fates the islands we have conquered . Such a course would be the course of infamy . It would be followed at ...
Page 23
... better the excess Than the defect ; better the more than less . Longfellow's love of peace was profound ; but he was a man , and a wise man , and he knew that cow- ardice does not promote peace , and that even the great evil of war may ...
... better the excess Than the defect ; better the more than less . Longfellow's love of peace was profound ; but he was a man , and a wise man , and he knew that cow- ardice does not promote peace , and that even the great evil of war may ...
Page 33
... better than ever before ; and so they ought to be with Germany . Recently affairs in Samoa have been straightened out , although there we suffered from the worst of all types of government , one in which three powers had a joint ...
... better than ever before ; and so they ought to be with Germany . Recently affairs in Samoa have been straightened out , although there we suffered from the worst of all types of government , one in which three powers had a joint ...
Page 38
... better , or do not care to see things better . There are also men who are slightly dis- ordered mentally , or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of ...
... better , or do not care to see things better . There are also men who are slightly dis- ordered mentally , or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of ...
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