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 14
... evil . They did ill for the national honor , and we won in spite of their sinister opposition . Now , apply all this to our public men of to - day . Our army has never been built up as it should be built up . I shall not discuss with an ...
... evil . They did ill for the national honor , and we won in spite of their sinister opposition . Now , apply all this to our public men of to - day . Our army has never been built up as it should be built up . I shall not discuss with an ...
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... evil of war may be a less evil than cringing to iniquity . Captain Mahan , than whom there is not in the country a man whom we can more appropriately des- ignate by the fine and high phrase , “ a Christian gen- tleman , " and who is ...
... evil of war may be a less evil than cringing to iniquity . Captain Mahan , than whom there is not in the country a man whom we can more appropriately des- ignate by the fine and high phrase , “ a Christian gen- tleman , " and who is ...
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... evil . The wisest and most far - seeing champions of peace will ever remember that , in the first place , to be good it must be righteous , for unright- eous and cowardly peace may be worse than any war ; and , in the second place ...
... evil . The wisest and most far - seeing champions of peace will ever remember that , in the first place , to be good it must be righteous , for unright- eous and cowardly peace may be worse than any war ; and , in the second place ...
Page 40
... evil . It is true that the impracticable idealist differs from the hard - working , sincere man who in practical fashion , and by deeds as well as by words , strives in some sort actually to realize his ideal ; but the difference lies ...
... evil . It is true that the impracticable idealist differs from the hard - working , sincere man who in practical fashion , and by deeds as well as by words , strives in some sort actually to realize his ideal ; but the difference lies ...
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... evil is all wrong , just as the opportunist who saves himself for the moment by adopting a policy which is fraught with future disaster is all wrong ; but no less wrong is the atti- tude of those who will not come to an agreement ...
... evil is all wrong , just as the opportunist who saves himself for the moment by adopting a policy which is fraught with future disaster is all wrong ; but no less wrong is the atti- tude of those who will not come to an agreement ...
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