Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 182
... desire on the part of the authorities to secure good results there is no doubt that the public service may be steadily raised to a higher state of efficiency . Mr. Roosevelt resigned as Civil Service Com- missioner May 5 , 1895 , and ...
... desire on the part of the authorities to secure good results there is no doubt that the public service may be steadily raised to a higher state of efficiency . Mr. Roosevelt resigned as Civil Service Com- missioner May 5 , 1895 , and ...
Page 314
... desires mere easy peace , but to the man who does not shrink from danger , from hardship or from bitter toil , and who ... desire or of power to strive after great things , is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual . I ask only ...
... desires mere easy peace , but to the man who does not shrink from danger , from hardship or from bitter toil , and who ... desire or of power to strive after great things , is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual . I ask only ...
Page 393
... desire to know as much as possible about the situation in Cuba . He believed in giving the Cubans full power over their country , and then leaving it to them whether they should finally become a part of the United States or not ...
... desire to know as much as possible about the situation in Cuba . He believed in giving the Cubans full power over their country , and then leaving it to them whether they should finally become a part of the United States or not ...
Contents
POEM by GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN | 5 |
A TYPICAL AMERICAN introduction by OPIE READ | 25 |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT | 33 |
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