The Life of Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-fifth President of the United StatesSaalfield publishing Company, 1902 - 369 pages |
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... Democrat , and was prominent as one of the organizers and promoters of game laws . He was one of the State Fish Commissioners , and was active on the committee which succeeded the downfall of Tweed . In 1888 he was appointed Minister to ...
... Democrat , and was prominent as one of the organizers and promoters of game laws . He was one of the State Fish Commissioners , and was active on the committee which succeeded the downfall of Tweed . In 1888 he was appointed Minister to ...
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... Democrat ; he was twice a member of the State Legislature , Justice of the State Supreme Court , and United States District Attorney in New York . Another relative of Theodore Roosevelt , a cousin of Cornelius , was James Henry ...
... Democrat ; he was twice a member of the State Legislature , Justice of the State Supreme Court , and United States District Attorney in New York . Another relative of Theodore Roosevelt , a cousin of Cornelius , was James Henry ...
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... Democratic . The fact that he was in a minority seemed to delight this young man who loved a contest . He imme- diately made his mark as a fearless , honest and untiring workman , and until he got a reputation as a fighting man he could ...
... Democratic . The fact that he was in a minority seemed to delight this young man who loved a contest . He imme- diately made his mark as a fearless , honest and untiring workman , and until he got a reputation as a fighting man he could ...
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... Democratic leader spoke and made historical references , and perhaps the day was one of Destiny . All days of Destiny have in them opportunity . The boy who was a thorn in the side of the " criminal rich , " was on his feet , and made ...
... Democratic leader spoke and made historical references , and perhaps the day was one of Destiny . All days of Destiny have in them opportunity . The boy who was a thorn in the side of the " criminal rich , " was on his feet , and made ...
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... Democratic Presidential Conventions , of 1896 , approval of his financial solidity , and considering he did not submit to prevalent party influences in New York City , and as Roosevelt sometimes agreed to disagree with powerful ...
... Democratic Presidential Conventions , of 1896 , approval of his financial solidity , and considering he did not submit to prevalent party influences in New York City , and as Roosevelt sometimes agreed to disagree with powerful ...
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Page 160 - I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life; 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 the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these' wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 333 - August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 161 - Far better it is to dare 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 168 - Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully ; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods.
Page 313 - States. .. .The Monroe Doctrine is a declaration that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any non-American power at the expense of any American power on American soil. It is in no wise intended as hostile to any nation in the 0ld World.
Page 310 - The scene is closed, and we are no longer anxious lest misfortune should sully his glory : he has travelled on to the end of his journey, and carried with him an increasing weight of honor : he has deposited it safely, where misfortune cannot tarnish it, where malice cannot blast it.
Page 162 - ... until suddenly we should find, beyond a shadow of question, what China has already found, that in this world the nation that has trained itself to a career of unwarlike and isolated ease is bound, in the end, to go down before other nations which have not lost the manly and adventurous qualities. If we are to be a really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall...
Page 320 - It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from government the privilege of doing business under" corporate form, which frees them from individual responsibility, and enables them to call into their enterprises the capital of the public, they shall do so upon absolutely truthful representations as to the value of the property in which the capital is to be invested.
Page 161 - ... of lives; we would have saved hundreds of millions of dollars. Moreover, besides saving all the blood and treasure we then lavished, we would have prevented the heart-break of many women, the dissolution of many homes; and we would have spared the country those months of gloom and shame, when it seemed as if our armies marched only to defeat. We could have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from strife. And if we had thus avoided it, we would have shown that we were weaklings, and...
Page 161 - We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor; who is prompt to help a friend; but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail; but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.