The Real Roosevelt, His Forceful and Fearless Utterances on Various SubjectsG.P. Putnam's sons, 1910 - 202 pages |
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... greatest American ; he was also one of the greatest men the world has ever known . Few centuries and few countries have ever seen his like . Among the people of English stock there is none to compare with him , unless perhaps Cromwell ...
... greatest American ; he was also one of the greatest men the world has ever known . Few centuries and few countries have ever seen his like . Among the people of English stock there is none to compare with him , unless perhaps Cromwell ...
Page 117
... greatest . The vein of fanaticism that ran through his character 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 with all his ...
... greatest . The vein of fanaticism that ran through his character 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 with all his ...
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... greatest admiral since Nelson , but , with the sole exception of Nelson , he was as great an admiral as ever sailed the broad or the narrow seas . - Ibid . Farragut the Greatest Admiral since Nelson The Character of To a standard of ...
... greatest admiral since Nelson , but , with the sole exception of Nelson , he was as great an admiral as ever sailed the broad or the narrow seas . - Ibid . Farragut the Greatest Admiral since Nelson The Character of To a standard of ...
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... greatest service when we require him to be himself an exemplar of that spirit . - Ibid . Of course a great fortune , if used wrongly , is a menace to the community . A man of great wealth who does not use that wealth decently is in a ...
... greatest service when we require him to be himself an exemplar of that spirit . - Ibid . Of course a great fortune , if used wrongly , is a menace to the community . A man of great wealth who does not use that wealth decently is in a ...
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... greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures . - Ibid . The mechanism of modern business is as delicate and complicated as ...
... greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures . - Ibid . The mechanism of modern business is as delicate and complicated as ...
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Page 84 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices.
Page 166 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 83 - Gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use, As though to breathe were life.
Page 85 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life...
Page 84 - Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
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Page 22 - In other words, the Monroe doctrine is a declaration that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any non-American power at the expense of any American power on American soil. It is in no wise intended as hostile to any nation in the Old World.
Page 74 - Wise forest protection does not mean the withdrawal of forest resources, whether of wood, water, or grass, from contributing their full share to the welfare of the people, but, on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies. The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use. Forest protection is not an end in itself; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries which depend upon them.
Page 94 - Ere your heritage be wasted,' said the quick alarming drum. 'Let me of my heart take counsel: War is not of life the sum; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come ? But the drum Echoed, 'Come! Death shall reap the braver harvest,' said the solemn-sounding drum.
Page 94 - HARK ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum, — Saying, " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. " Let me of my heart take counsel :^ War is not of life the sum ; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come...