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
... 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 victory nor defeat ...
... 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 victory nor defeat ...
Page 7
... mighty days , let us , the children of the men who carried the great Civil War to a triumphant conclusion , praise the God of our fathers that the ignoble counsels of peace were rejected ; that the suffering and loss , the blackness of ...
... mighty days , let us , the children of the men who carried the great Civil War to a triumphant conclusion , praise the God of our fathers that the ignoble counsels of peace were rejected ; that the suffering and loss , the blackness of ...
Page 9
... mighty lift that thrills " stern men with empires in their brains " —all these , of course , shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties ; shrink from seeing us build a navy and an army adequate to our needs ; shrink from ...
... mighty lift that thrills " stern men with empires in their brains " —all these , of course , shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties ; shrink from seeing us build a navy and an army adequate to our needs ; shrink from ...
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... mighty nations . But the peo- ples that do not expand leave , and can leave , noth- ing behind them . It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world . The Arab wrecked the civilization of the ...
... mighty nations . But the peo- ples that do not expand leave , and can leave , noth- ing behind them . It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world . The Arab wrecked the civilization of the ...
Page 36
... mighty civilized races which have not lost the fighting instinct , and which by their expansion are gradually bringing peace into the red wastes where the barbarian peoples of the world hold sway . LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE AMONG REFORMERS ...
... mighty civilized races which have not lost the fighting instinct , and which by their expansion are gradually bringing peace into the red wastes where the barbarian peoples of the world hold sway . LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE AMONG REFORMERS ...
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