Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 39
... brought about at once . " Let us get hold of things as they are , " is his motto , " and when we have them straightened out we will try some- thing else . Let us stick close to the thought that we are Americans , first , last and all ...
... brought about at once . " Let us get hold of things as they are , " is his motto , " and when we have them straightened out we will try some- thing else . Let us stick close to the thought that we are Americans , first , last and all ...
Page 50
... brought up in strict conformity with its usages . They attended the services , and while the sermons are described as very long in those days of Theodore's youth , there was altogether too masterful a hand upon him and his fellows to ...
... brought up in strict conformity with its usages . They attended the services , and while the sermons are described as very long in those days of Theodore's youth , there was altogether too masterful a hand upon him and his fellows to ...
Page 57
... Roosevelt was a unique figure . Sterling , rugged , old - fashioned honesty and a keen sense of duty brought him up sharply before every proposition , and he made it the paramount business of the present to find out just what 57.
... Roosevelt was a unique figure . Sterling , rugged , old - fashioned honesty and a keen sense of duty brought him up sharply before every proposition , and he made it the paramount business of the present to find out just what 57.
Page 83
... pres- sure could be brought to bear on the recalcitrant members ; and , accordingly , we had to find out who were the authors and sponsors of their polit- ical being . Three proved to be under the control AN ASSEMBLYMAN . 83.
... pres- sure could be brought to bear on the recalcitrant members ; and , accordingly , we had to find out who were the authors and sponsors of their polit- ical being . Three proved to be under the control AN ASSEMBLYMAN . 83.
Page 104
... in the far West , there was no blot on his partisan escutcheon . And when the summer of 1886 brought the demand for a can- didate for the mayoral chair in the city of New York , his was the one name used to conjure 104 THEODORE ROOSEVELT .
... in the far West , there was no blot on his partisan escutcheon . And when the summer of 1886 brought the demand for a can- didate for the mayoral chair in the city of New York , his was the one name used to conjure 104 THEODORE ROOSEVELT .
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