Theodore Roosevelt, the Boy and the ManMacmillan, 1907 - 324 pages |
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... story back window , and climbed down a piazza post in his night clothes . Just before entering Harvard , Roosevelt , on the advice of two of his cousins , took a step which had a lasting influence on his life . They sent him down in ...
... story back window , and climbed down a piazza post in his night clothes . Just before entering Harvard , Roosevelt , on the advice of two of his cousins , took a step which had a lasting influence on his life . They sent him down in ...
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... and virtue of the race . He found that there was much that a Knickerbocker could gain by association with an aristocrat of the forest . It recalls to mind the old , old story of the learned man in the boat of 27 COLLEGE DAYS.
... and virtue of the race . He found that there was much that a Knickerbocker could gain by association with an aristocrat of the forest . It recalls to mind the old , old story of the learned man in the boat of 27 COLLEGE DAYS.
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James Morgan. old story of the learned man in the boat of the fisherman : " Don't you know the rules of syntax ? " the pedant asked . " No , " the fisherman answered . " Then one - fourth of your life is lost . Do you know algebra ...
James Morgan. old story of the learned man in the boat of the fisherman : " Don't you know the rules of syntax ? " the pedant asked . " No , " the fisherman answered . " Then one - fourth of your life is lost . Do you know algebra ...
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... story , was greatly wrought up , and striking the table a loud whack , declared " that fellow ought to have been knocked in the head . " When he himself was a young graduate he saw plenty to do and at once went 37 CHOOSING A CAREER.
... story , was greatly wrought up , and striking the table a loud whack , declared " that fellow ought to have been knocked in the head . " When he himself was a young graduate he saw plenty to do and at once went 37 CHOOSING A CAREER.
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... story is told of a trick played on him by some friendly persons in Medora . He was in town waiting for a train that was to bring a guest from the East . While he was in a store , the jokers placed his saddle on a notoriously vicious ...
... story is told of a trick played on him by some friendly persons in Medora . He was in town waiting for a train that was to bring a guest from the East . While he was in a store , the jokers placed his saddle on a notoriously vicious ...
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Page 221 - 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 164 - I shall take the oath at once in accordance with your request, and in this hour of deep and terrible national bereavement I wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley for the peace and prosperity and honor of our beloved country.
Page 289 - No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair.
Page 210 - There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build, and keep at a pitch of the highest training, a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Page 272 - Of course what we have a right to expect from the American boy is that he shall turn out to be a good American man. Now, the chances are strong that he won't be much of a man unless he is a good deal of a boy. He must not be a coward or a weakling, a bully, a shirk or a prig. He must work hard and play hard. He must be clean-minded and clean-lived, and able to hold his own under all circumstances and against all comers. It is only on...
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Page 210 - Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far.' If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.
Page 48 - It is now, Mr. Chairman, less than a quarter of a century since, in this city, the great Republican party for the first time organized for victory, and nominated Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this Convention one of that race whose right to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party.
Page 107 - Order the squadron, except the Monocacy, to Hong Kong. Keep full of coal. In the event of declaration of war Spain, your duty will be to see that the Spanish squadron does not leave the Asiatic coast, and then offensive operations in Philippine Islands. Keep Olympia until further orders.
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