The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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Page 52
... duty to be strong just as much as to be decent . There are a good many types of men for whom I do not care ; and among those types I would put in prominent place the timid good man — the good man who means well but is afraid . I wish to ...
... duty to be strong just as much as to be decent . There are a good many types of men for whom I do not care ; and among those types I would put in prominent place the timid good man — the good man who means well but is afraid . I wish to ...
Page 53
... duty well . When two lessons are both indispensable , it seems hardly worth while to dwell more on one than on the other . Yet I think that as a people we need more to learn the lesson of Valley Forge even than that of THE ELEMENTAL ...
... duty well . When two lessons are both indispensable , it seems hardly worth while to dwell more on one than on the other . Yet I think that as a people we need more to learn the lesson of Valley Forge even than that of THE ELEMENTAL ...
Page 54
... duty in the teeth of difficulty , in the teeth of dis- couragement , and even disaster , the quality that makes a ... duties of self - government is a matter , not of a decade or two , but of generations . There are foolish empiricists ...
... duty in the teeth of difficulty , in the teeth of dis- couragement , and even disaster , the quality that makes a ... duties of self - government is a matter , not of a decade or two , but of generations . There are foolish empiricists ...
Page 59
... duty well and manfully ; res- olute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word ; resolute to be both honest and brave , to serve high ideals , yet to use practical methods . Above all , let us shrink from no strife , moral or physical ...
... duty well and manfully ; res- olute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word ; resolute to be both honest and brave , to serve high ideals , yet to use practical methods . Above all , let us shrink from no strife , moral or physical ...
Page 65
... duty , if she is sunk in vapid self - indulgence or has let her nature be twisted so that she prefers sterile pseudo - intellectuality to that great and beautiful development of character which comes only to those whose lives know the ...
... duty , if she is sunk in vapid self - indulgence or has let her nature be twisted so that she prefers sterile pseudo - intellectuality to that great and beautiful development of character which comes only to those whose lives know the ...
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