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 56
... cials who inaugurate a " wide - open " policy are to be excused because a portion of the public likes vice ; that the men who jeer at philanthropy are to be excused because among philanthropists there are hypocrites , and among ...
... cials who inaugurate a " wide - open " policy are to be excused because a portion of the public likes vice ; that the men who jeer at philanthropy are to be excused because among philanthropists there are hypocrites , and among ...
Page 63
... cial and political ideals , and their nearness to real- ization , are not materially different from those of the most essentially American portions of our own land ; but this is not true of any European country of considerable size . It ...
... cial and political ideals , and their nearness to real- ization , are not materially different from those of the most essentially American portions of our own land ; but this is not true of any European country of considerable size . It ...
Page 75
... cially a rich man who merely desires to buy political promotion , may know absolutely nothing that is of value as to any but the basest side of the human . nature with which his sphere of contact has been enlarged ; and , on the other ...
... cially a rich man who merely desires to buy political promotion , may know absolutely nothing that is of value as to any but the basest side of the human . nature with which his sphere of contact has been enlarged ; and , on the other ...
Page 117
... cially , where what we have now to contend with is not so much any one concrete evil as a general low- ering of the standards , we must remember that to keep these standards high does not at all imply that they should be put upon ...
... cially , where what we have now to contend with is not so much any one concrete evil as a general low- ering of the standards , we must remember that to keep these standards high does not at all imply that they should be put upon ...
Page 122
... cial corruption , and of course no man should hesi- tate to say as much . Again , an honest politician is entirely justified in promising on the stump that he will make no compromise on any question of right and wrong . This promise he ...
... cial corruption , and of course no man should hesi- tate to say as much . Again , an honest politician is entirely justified in promising on the stump that he will make no compromise on any question of right and wrong . This promise he ...
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