The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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Page 57
... individual , so it is with the nation . It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history . Thrice happy is the nation that has a 1 glorious history . Far better it is to dare THE ELEMENTAL VIRTUES 57.
... individual , so it is with the nation . It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history . Thrice happy is the nation that has a 1 glorious history . Far better it is to dare THE ELEMENTAL VIRTUES 57.
Page 58
... better it is to dare mighty things , to win glorious triumphs , even though checkered by failure , than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much , because they live in the gray twilight that knows not ...
... better it is to dare mighty things , to win glorious triumphs , even though checkered by failure , than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much , because they live in the gray twilight that knows not ...
Page 63
... better- ment is love . Looking it up I found , of course , what I ought to have known , but did not , that the Greek word which we have translated into the word charity should be more properly translated love . That is , we use the word ...
... better- ment is love . Looking it up I found , of course , what I ought to have known , but did not , that the Greek word which we have translated into the word charity should be more properly translated love . That is , we use the word ...
Page 64
... better off than if he is an idler , but he is of no real use unless together with the quality which enables him to work he has the quality which enables him to love his fellows , to work with them and for them for the common good of all ...
... better off than if he is an idler , but he is of no real use unless together with the quality which enables him to work he has the quality which enables him to love his fellows , to work with them and for them for the common good of all ...
Page 74
... better off rather than worse off because he has lived ; of having been a doer of the word and not a hearer only - still less a mere critic of the doers . Every man has it in him , unless fate is indeed hard upon him , to win out that ...
... better off rather than worse off because he has lived ; of having been a doer of the word and not a hearer only - still less a mere critic of the doers . Every man has it in him , unless fate is indeed hard upon him , to win out that ...
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