Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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... become famous as the " Rough Riders , " and at Las Guasimas and San Juan hill won for himself and his fol- lowers an enviable place in history . His military career was marked by the same dash , the same energy , the same demand for ...
... become famous as the " Rough Riders , " and at Las Guasimas and San Juan hill won for himself and his fol- lowers an enviable place in history . His military career was marked by the same dash , the same energy , the same demand for ...
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... become mere windy anarchy , and under present condi- tions our Government would hardly continue at all . If we had no independence , we should always be running the risk of the most degraded kind of despotism - the despotism of the ...
... become mere windy anarchy , and under present condi- tions our Government would hardly continue at all . If we had no independence , we should always be running the risk of the most degraded kind of despotism - the despotism of the ...
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... become a law Civil Service became a fact . Mr. Roosevelt not only believed in Civil Ser- vice as a theory but was determined that it should become a part of the very fiber of the Govern- ment . He had introduced the first intelligently ...
... become a law Civil Service became a fact . Mr. Roosevelt not only believed in Civil Ser- vice as a theory but was determined that it should become a part of the very fiber of the Govern- ment . He had introduced the first intelligently ...
Contents
POEM by GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN | 5 |
A TYPICAL AMERICAN introduction by OPIE READ | 25 |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT | 33 |
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