American Boys' Life of Theodore RooseveltLee and Shepard, 1904 - 311 pages |
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... given to preaching , but when he does his words have a sincerity that proves much for the foundation of his character . He stands for what is honest and upright in politi- cal and private life , and although , being but human , he may ...
... given to preaching , but when he does his words have a sincerity that proves much for the foundation of his character . He stands for what is honest and upright in politi- cal and private life , and although , being but human , he may ...
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... given to him when he was ten years of age , and for the time being his books and his studies were forgotten , and he devoted his whole time and attention to shooting at a target set up in the garden of the country home and in going out ...
... given to him when he was ten years of age , and for the time being his books and his studies were forgotten , and he devoted his whole time and attention to shooting at a target set up in the garden of the country home and in going out ...
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... given by Professor Dwight . Here again his search after what he termed " bottom facts " came to light , and he is well remembered as a member of the law class because of the way he fre- quently asked questions and called for ...
... given by Professor Dwight . Here again his search after what he termed " bottom facts " came to light , and he is well remembered as a member of the law class because of the way he fre- quently asked questions and called for ...
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... given by him to a civil service law for the state . Up to that time office - holding was largely in the hands of the party which happened to be in power . " This is all wrong , " said the young 32 AMERICAN BOYS ' LIFE OF.
... given by him to a civil service law for the state . Up to that time office - holding was largely in the hands of the party which happened to be in power . " This is all wrong , " said the young 32 AMERICAN BOYS ' LIFE OF.
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... given over to the care of the grandparents in Boston . Not many months later Mr. Roosevelt's mother died also , heaping additional sorrow upon his head . With the conclusion of his third term in the Assembly Theodore Roosevelt's work as ...
... given over to the care of the grandparents in Boston . Not many months later Mr. Roosevelt's mother died also , heaping additional sorrow upon his head . With the conclusion of his third term in the Assembly Theodore Roosevelt's work as ...
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Page 201 - 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 xix - The twentieth century looms before us big with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves the domination of the world.
Page 201 - We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious efforts, 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.
Page xx - 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 201 - As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation. It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history. Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history. 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 242 - I shall take the oath at once," he said, "in response to 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 of our beloved country.
Page 78 - ... brain, striking as fairly between the eyes as if the distance had been measured by a carpenter's rule. The whole thing was over in twenty seconds from the time I caught sight of the game ; indeed, it was over so quickly that the grizzly did not have time to show fight at all or come a step toward us. It was the first I had ever seen, and I felt not a little proud, as I stood over the great brindled bulk, which lay stretched out at length in the cool shade of the evergreens. He was a monstrous...
Page 299 - Grant, and accordingly as it does or does not back them up in their efforts. We do not need men of unsteady brilliancy, or erratic power — unbalanced men. The men we need are the men of strong, earnest, solid character — the men who possess the homely virtues, and who to these virtues add rugged courage, rugged honesty and high resolve.
Page 297 - 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 meet them well or ill.
Page 73 - What is most necessary is, that every man should realize the necessity of faithful and honest work, every afternoon. Last year we had good individual players, but they did not work together nearly as well as the Princeton team, and were not in as good condition as the Yale men. The football season is short; and while it does last, the men ought to work faithfully, if they expect to win back for Harvard the position...
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