The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... evil , swayed by gusts of stormy passion , the love of freedom rooted in their very hearts ' core . Their lives were harsh and narrow ; they gained their bread by their blood and sweat , in the unending struggle with the wild ruggedness ...
... evil , swayed by gusts of stormy passion , the love of freedom rooted in their very hearts ' core . Their lives were harsh and narrow ; they gained their bread by their blood and sweat , in the unending struggle with the wild ruggedness ...
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... evil thing for this country if ever the day came when we considered the great deeds of our forefathers as an excuse for our resting slothfully satisfied with what has been already done . On the contrary , they should be an inspiration ...
... evil thing for this country if ever the day came when we considered the great deeds of our forefathers as an excuse for our resting slothfully satisfied with what has been already done . On the contrary , they should be an inspiration ...
Page 49
... evil because it is successful . We can no more afford to lose social and civic decency and honesty than we can afford to lose the qualities of courage and strength . It is the merest truism to say that the nation rests upon the ...
... evil because it is successful . We can no more afford to lose social and civic decency and honesty than we can afford to lose the qualities of courage and strength . It is the merest truism to say that the nation rests upon the ...
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... evil at work which must be counteracted and overcome or widespread disaster will follow . In the same way , if the man preaches and practices a different code of morality for himself than that which he demands that his wife shall ...
... evil at work which must be counteracted and overcome or widespread disaster will follow . In the same way , if the man preaches and practices a different code of morality for himself than that which he demands that his wife shall ...
Page 71
... evil in a community . Next to that - and when I am speaking to people who , by birth and training and standing , ought to amount to a great deal , I have a right to say only second to it in criminality comes the life of mere vapid ease ...
... evil in a community . Next to that - and when I am speaking to people who , by birth and training and standing , ought to amount to a great deal , I have a right to say only second to it in criminality comes the life of mere vapid ease ...
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