Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-sixth President of the United States : a Typical AmericanAmerican citizen Company, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 20
... desire personally to add that all that I have said regarding Colonel Wood applies equally to Lieu- tenant - Colonel Roosevelt . " On July 1 , on account of the sickness of Gen- eral Young , his brigade fell under the command of Colonel ...
... desire personally to add that all that I have said regarding Colonel Wood applies equally to Lieu- tenant - Colonel Roosevelt . " On July 1 , on account of the sickness of Gen- eral Young , his brigade fell under the command of Colonel ...
Page 55
... desires that he passed exceedingly well in mathematics - that bane of the imaginative scholar . That must have meant adherence to a course of self - discipline ; for arithmetic was naturally distasteful to him . He loved to revel in ...
... desires that he passed exceedingly well in mathematics - that bane of the imaginative scholar . That must have meant adherence to a course of self - discipline ; for arithmetic was naturally distasteful to him . He loved to revel in ...
Page 109
... desire for so much spice of adventure as prudence and good judg- ment would permit . Those were " piping times of peace . " There was no war with which his country was concerned ; and he was far from the type of fortune's soldier who ...
... desire for so much spice of adventure as prudence and good judg- ment would permit . Those were " piping times of peace . " There was no war with which his country was concerned ; and he was far from the type of fortune's soldier who ...
Page 146
... desire or of power to strive after great things , is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual . ” " Wisely used leisure merely means that those who possess it , being free from the necessity of working for their livelihood , are ...
... desire or of power to strive after great things , is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual . ” " Wisely used leisure merely means that those who possess it , being free from the necessity of working for their livelihood , are ...
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 ...
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