The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... danger from Indians , created much de- mand for his services among people who wished to lay off tracts of wild land for their own future use . But whatever he did , and wherever he went , he had to be sleeplessly on the lookout for his ...
... danger from Indians , created much de- mand for his services among people who wished to lay off tracts of wild land for their own future use . But whatever he did , and wherever he went , he had to be sleeplessly on the lookout for his ...
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... west through these true happy hunting grounds they did not meet with any Indians , and their encoun- ters with the bears were only just sufficiently dangerous to add excitement to their life . Once or twice THE BACKGROUND 29.
... west through these true happy hunting grounds they did not meet with any Indians , and their encoun- ters with the bears were only just sufficiently dangerous to add excitement to their life . Once or twice THE BACKGROUND 29.
Page 37
... danger was great- est . The vein of fanaticism that ran through his charac- ter helped to render him a terrible opponent . He knew no such word as falter , and when he had once put his hand to a piece of work , he did it thoroughly and ...
... danger was great- est . The vein of fanaticism that ran through his charac- ter helped to render him a terrible opponent . He knew no such word as falter , and when he had once put his hand to a piece of work , he did it thoroughly and ...
Page 39
... danger , and saw that his only chance was , first to beat back Hooker , and then to turn and overwhelm Sedgwick , who was in his rear . He con- sulted with Jackson , and Jackson begged to be allowed to make one of his favorite flank ...
... danger , and saw that his only chance was , first to beat back Hooker , and then to turn and overwhelm Sedgwick , who was in his rear . He con- sulted with Jackson , and Jackson begged to be allowed to make one of his favorite flank ...
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... dangerous than those of the Vikings ; a record of endless feats of arms , of victory after victory in the ceaseless strife waged against wild man and wild nature . The winning of the West was the great epic feat in the history of our ...
... dangerous than those of the Vikings ; a record of endless feats of arms , of victory after victory in the ceaseless strife waged against wild man and wild nature . The winning of the West was the great epic feat in the history of our ...
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