Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 14
... Islands as in the West Indies . Merely for the protection of our own shores , we need a great navy ; and what is more , we need it to protect our interests in the islands from which it is possible to command our shores and to pro- tect ...
... Islands as in the West Indies . Merely for the protection of our own shores , we need a great navy ; and what is more , we need it to protect our interests in the islands from which it is possible to command our shores and to pro- tect ...
Page 15
... Islands . Keep Olympia until further orders . " I saw Mr. Roosevelt many times during this trying period and like all others with whom he came into contact , I was deeply impressed by his earnest , convincing arguments . When war was ...
... Islands . Keep Olympia until further orders . " I saw Mr. Roosevelt many times during this trying period and like all others with whom he came into contact , I was deeply impressed by his earnest , convincing arguments . When war was ...
Page 134
... Islands ; and as the current of the Mississippi was too strong to be easily breasted , the English leaders deter- mined to bring their men by boats through the bayous and disembark them on the bank of the river ten miles below the ...
... Islands ; and as the current of the Mississippi was too strong to be easily breasted , the English leaders deter- mined to bring their men by boats through the bayous and disembark them on the bank of the river ten miles below the ...
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... island English . Accustomed to the most lawless freedom , and to giving free rein to the full violence of their passions , defiant of disci- pline and impatient of the slightest restraint , caring little for God and nothing for man ...
... island English . Accustomed to the most lawless freedom , and to giving free rein to the full violence of their passions , defiant of disci- pline and impatient of the slightest restraint , caring little for God and nothing for man ...
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... island , with all its riches and its possibilities , should be added to American terri- tory . The terms of that accession had never been crystallized into anything like a national senti- ment . Probably they had never been formu- lated ...
... island , with all its riches and its possibilities , should be added to American terri- tory . The terms of that accession had never been crystallized into anything like a national senti- ment . Probably they had never been formu- lated ...
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