Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 13
... better seamen in the world than the American Jack ; he had been bred to his work from infancy , and had been off in a fishing dory almost as soon as he could walk . When he grew older he shipped as a merchantman , or whaler , and in ...
... better seamen in the world than the American Jack ; he had been bred to his work from infancy , and had been off in a fishing dory almost as soon as he could walk . When he grew older he shipped as a merchantman , or whaler , and in ...
Page 77
... better work in proceeding openly and honestly for the accom- plishment of the measures which seemed to him of greatest benefit to the State , and to his constituents . But he had not been in the assem- bly a week before he was a marked ...
... better work in proceeding openly and honestly for the accom- plishment of the measures which seemed to him of greatest benefit to the State , and to his constituents . But he had not been in the assem- bly a week before he was a marked ...
Page 82
... better government , " I have an engagement to go quail - shooting next Tuesday . " The moral Mr. Roosevelt tried to convey was that lawmakers and officials generally were quite what the public made them ; and that , above all things ...
... better government , " I have an engagement to go quail - shooting next Tuesday . " The moral Mr. Roosevelt tried to convey was that lawmakers and officials generally were quite what the public made them ; and that , above all things ...
Page 84
... about ten per cent . better when he is honest than when he is dishonest , other things being equal . There was at times a distinctively humorous view of the life . Men like Roosevelt liked the 84 THEODORE ROOSEVELT .
... about ten per cent . better when he is honest than when he is dishonest , other things being equal . There was at times a distinctively humorous view of the life . Men like Roosevelt liked the 84 THEODORE ROOSEVELT .
Page 88
... him . For one thing , it developed him in precisely the direction he needed at the time . He came back from those three terms at Albany with a better idea of men and the means to be employed in 88 THEODORE ROOSEVELT .
... him . For one thing , it developed him in precisely the direction he needed at the time . He came back from those three terms at Albany with a better idea of men and the means to be employed in 88 THEODORE ROOSEVELT .
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