Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 103
... politics . He felt the need of reform there as much as did Mr. Curtis . But he saw the need of a national change of heart ; and all his effort in the political arena was devoted to securing it . And yet these two men were friends . They ...
... politics . He felt the need of reform there as much as did Mr. Curtis . But he saw the need of a national change of heart ; and all his effort in the political arena was devoted to securing it . And yet these two men were friends . They ...
Page 165
... political life with all the ingenuousness of a relig- ious neophyte , and all the enthusiasm of a patriot . His religion was of very little use to him if it could not be taken into his politics . His political creed was a mockery if it ...
... political life with all the ingenuousness of a relig- ious neophyte , and all the enthusiasm of a patriot . His religion was of very little use to him if it could not be taken into his politics . His political creed was a mockery if it ...
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... politics are corrupt and base ; and the spoils system , the application in political life of the degrading doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils , produces corruption and degradation . The man who is in politics for the offices ...
... politics are corrupt and base ; and the spoils system , the application in political life of the degrading doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils , produces corruption and degradation . The man who is in politics for the offices ...
Contents
POEM by GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN | 5 |
A TYPICAL AMERICAN introduction by OPIE READ | 25 |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT | 33 |
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