The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... lands abutted on the more settled dis- tricts to the eastward , the population was of course thickest , and their peculiarities least . Here and there at such points they built small backwoods burgs or towns , rude , straggling ...
... lands abutted on the more settled dis- tricts to the eastward , the population was of course thickest , and their peculiarities least . Here and there at such points they built small backwoods burgs or towns , rude , straggling ...
Page 10
... Land was plenty and all else scarce ; so cour- age , thrift , and industry were sure of their reward . All had small farms , with the few stock necessary to culti- vate them ; the farms being generally placed in the hol- lows , the ...
... Land was plenty and all else scarce ; so cour- age , thrift , and industry were sure of their reward . All had small farms , with the few stock necessary to culti- vate them ; the farms being generally placed in the hol- lows , the ...
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... land it was that lay beyond . With a few chosen companions he set out , making his own trail through the gloomy forest . After weeks of wan- dering , he at last emerged into the beautiful and fertile 1 From Hero Tales from American ...
... land it was that lay beyond . With a few chosen companions he set out , making his own trail through the gloomy forest . After weeks of wan- dering , he at last emerged into the beautiful and fertile 1 From Hero Tales from American ...
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... land of groves and glades and running waters , where the open forest grew tall and beautiful , and where innumerable herds of game grazed , roaming ceaselessly to and fro along the trails they had trodden during countless gener- ations ...
... land of groves and glades and running waters , where the open forest grew tall and beautiful , and where innumerable herds of game grazed , roaming ceaselessly to and fro along the trails they had trodden during countless gener- ations ...
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... land , and he chopped the trees himself ; he helped to build the cabins and stockades with his own hands , wielding the long - handled , light- headed frontier axe as skillfully as other frontiersmen . His main business was that of ...
... land , and he chopped the trees himself ; he helped to build the cabins and stockades with his own hands , wielding the long - handled , light- headed frontier axe as skillfully as other frontiersmen . His main business was that of ...
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