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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page 12
... causes of disaster . Let me illustrate what I mean by the army and the navy . If twenty years ago we had gone to war , we should have found the navy as absolutely unprepared as the army . At that time our ships could not have en ...
... causes of disaster . Let me illustrate what I mean by the army and the navy . If twenty years ago we had gone to war , we should have found the navy as absolutely unprepared as the army . At that time our ships could not have en ...
Page 14
... cause to feel proud of the valor of our sea - captains , of the re- nown of our flag . Their motives may or may not have been good , but their acts were heavily fraught with evil . They did ill for the national honor , and we won in ...
... cause to feel proud of the valor of our sea - captains , of the re- nown of our flag . Their motives may or may not have been good , but their acts were heavily fraught with evil . They did ill for the national honor , and we won in ...
Page 20
... cause of civiliza- tion . So , if we do our duty aright in the Philip- pines , we will add to that national renown which is the highest and finest part of national life , we will greatly benefit the people of the Philippine Islands ...
... cause of civiliza- tion . So , if we do our duty aright in the Philip- pines , we will add to that national renown which is the highest and finest part of national life , we will greatly benefit the people of the Philippine Islands ...
Page 26
... cause anything like the misery that is caused in the aggregate by unjust dealing toward one's neighbors in the commercial and social world ; and to condemn all war is just as logical as to con- demn all business and all social relations ...
... cause anything like the misery that is caused in the aggregate by unjust dealing toward one's neighbors in the commercial and social world ; and to condemn all war is just as logical as to con- demn all business and all social relations ...
Page 27
... cause our fathers who upheld Lincoln and followed Grant were men in every sense of the term , with too much common sense to be misled by those who preached that war was always wrong , and with a fund of stern virtue deep in their souls ...
... cause our fathers who upheld Lincoln and followed Grant were men in every sense of the term , with too much common sense to be misled by those who preached that war was always wrong , and with a fund of stern virtue deep in their souls ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln Admiral Dewey Algiers alike American army association battleships benefit Captain Mahan captains cause century chance character cial civic Civil Civil War command courage course Cuba danger Decalogue deeds demagogic Dewey disaster duty effort evil fact feel fellow-feeling fighting fox-hunting hand healthy honesty honor ideal incal individual infinitely interest justice keep labor legislation less lesson Lincoln lives long run machine politics Manila Manila Bay mankind manly means ment merely mighty mind Monroe Doctrine moral nation naval navy necessary neighbor ness never ourselves Paulist Fathers peace philanthropic Philippines political politician possible practical promise qualities realize reform Republic result righteousness self-respect sense ships shrink social soldiers Spain Spanish spirit statesman strength strive success task thing tion Tom Brown true victory virtues wage-workers weakling Wendell Phillips whole wise wrong