 A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every selfrespecting American demands from...  The Strenuous Life Spiritual and The Submissive Life - Page 10by Albert Van der Naillen - 1912 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
 | New York (State). Governor - 1899 - 356 pages
...hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. A life of ignoble ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shall... | |
 | Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - 1900 - 458 pages
...hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. A life of ignoble ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shafl... | |
 | New York (State). Governor (1899-1901 : Roosevelt), Theodore Roosevelt - 1899 - 352 pages
...hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. A life of ignoble ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shall... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 302 pages
...life of toil and effort, of labor and strife ; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be... | |
 | Charles Eugene Banks, Le Roy Armstrong - 1901 - 480 pages
...Strenuous Life" selections of this character may be taken at random. Here are a few of the most striking : "A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual." "Wisely used leisure merely means that those who possess it, being free from the necessity of working... | |
 | Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - 1901 - 550 pages
...hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. "A life of ignoble ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shall... | |
 | Murat Halstead - 1902 - 496 pages
...hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. "A life of ignoble ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, and from his sons, shall... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1902 - 714 pages
...hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. A life of ignoble ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself, ^hd from his sons, shall... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 244 pages
...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American demands from himself and from his sons shall be... | |
 | 1904 - 854 pages
...Practical Men The Strenuous Life By THEODORE ROOSEVELT President of the United States A LIFE OF IGNOBLE EASE, a life of that peace which springs merely from...as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting American man demands from himself, and from his sons, shall... | |
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