A Week in the White House with Theodore Roosevelt: A Study of the President at the Nation's BusinessG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - 153 pages |
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... eye and papers in each hand ) , miners , mechanics , Indians , Japanese , editors , clergymen - all who can get a Congress- man to introduce them - imagine such a procession passing from 10 till 1:30 each day and 18 The President.
... eye and papers in each hand ) , miners , mechanics , Indians , Japanese , editors , clergymen - all who can get a Congress- man to introduce them - imagine such a procession passing from 10 till 1:30 each day and 18 The President.
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... the im- pression that $ 15,000,000 is about all Congress ought to recommend on the eve of a Presidential campaign . This is a quiet , almost whispered con- ference . With the next in the circle the President 34 A View of.
... the im- pression that $ 15,000,000 is about all Congress ought to recommend on the eve of a Presidential campaign . This is a quiet , almost whispered con- ference . With the next in the circle the President 34 A View of.
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... Congress , headed by Representative Waldo of New York , is fighting him . The sub - committee's report was am- biguous , but pointed to a censure of Wilfley . The caller had signed that report . Inasmuch as this incident was the subject ...
... Congress , headed by Representative Waldo of New York , is fighting him . The sub - committee's report was am- biguous , but pointed to a censure of Wilfley . The caller had signed that report . Inasmuch as this incident was the subject ...
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... Congress . The minority leader added that the fore- fathers had inserted that clause " be- cause it had been the habit of George III . of England to call to the King's palace Members of Parliament and be- rate them because of their ...
... Congress . The minority leader added that the fore- fathers had inserted that clause " be- cause it had been the habit of George III . of England to call to the King's palace Members of Parliament and be- rate them because of their ...
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... Congress . A Represen- tative Rebuked . This is what happened : The Rep- resentative had come to the White House that morning to in- troduce the Governor of his State . The President ex- changed a few words with the Governor ...
... Congress . A Represen- tative Rebuked . This is what happened : The Rep- resentative had come to the White House that morning to in- troduce the Governor of his State . The President ex- changed a few words with the Governor ...
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Page 10 - MASTER of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace — soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, . And...
Page 10 - Master of human destinies am I: Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait, Cities and fields I walk ! I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace — soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away, it is the hour of fate...
Page 44 - You don't smile with Mr. Roosevelt; you shout with laughter with him, and then you shout again while he tries to cork up more laugh and sputters ; 'Come gentlemen, let us be serious'.
Page 10 - If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death: but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more!
Page 125 - ... at all, — nor do they so much as think of it, their minds being intent upon that employ they are in, either the delight or diligence of the soul getting the mastery over all other desires. Epaminondas is reported wittily to have said of a good man that died about the time of the battle of Leuctra, How came he to have so much leisure as to die, when there was so much business stirring ? It may truly be asked concerning a man that is either of public employ or a scholar, What time can such a...
Page 15 - ... condition to-day ; his face clear, his weight I should say wellnigh a stone less than was his habit back of a year ago. Look at him as he stands and you will see that he is rigid as a soldier on parade. His chin is in, his chest out. The line from the back of his head falls straight as a plumb-line to his heels. Never for a moment, while he is on his feet, does that line so much as waver, that neck unbend.