Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 69
... conflict of life . He had no need to work ; his income was ample to keep him in comfort , even luxury , all his life . He might have spent his summers at Newport and his winters on the continent , seeking in pop- ular diversions those ...
... conflict of life . He had no need to work ; his income was ample to keep him in comfort , even luxury , all his life . He might have spent his summers at Newport and his winters on the continent , seeking in pop- ular diversions those ...
Page 70
... conflict . His country was at peace and America was the only land in which this young patriot would look for inspiration in action . He tried the excitements of foreign travel and scaled the Jungfrau and the Matter- horn , winning for ...
... conflict . His country was at peace and America was the only land in which this young patriot would look for inspiration in action . He tried the excitements of foreign travel and scaled the Jungfrau and the Matter- horn , winning for ...
Page 74
... conflict in politics began with the beginning of his political life . The first thing he did was to effect the over- throw of that corrupt coterie of politicians who had been sending vapid and inefficient men to the assembly from the ...
... conflict in politics began with the beginning of his political life . The first thing he did was to effect the over- throw of that corrupt coterie of politicians who had been sending vapid and inefficient men to the assembly from the ...
Page 76
... conflicts of men appeared for the first time valueless . He remained a member of the assembly for three terms . In that time he sat with bankers and bricklayers , with merchants and mechanics , with lawyers , farmers , day - laborers ...
... conflicts of men appeared for the first time valueless . He remained a member of the assembly for three terms . In that time he sat with bankers and bricklayers , with merchants and mechanics , with lawyers , farmers , day - laborers ...
Page 85
... conflict . He has said in later years : " War and politics- those are the two greatest games . " He liked to put forth his full powers to reach his ends ; and if he was at times saddened or angered by the viciousness or the ignorance of ...
... conflict . He has said in later years : " War and politics- those are the two greatest games . " He liked to put forth his full powers to reach his ends ; and if he was at times saddened or angered by the viciousness or the ignorance of ...
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