The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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Page 74
... less a mere critic of the doers . Every man has it in him , unless fate is indeed hard upon him , to win out that measure of success if he will honestly try.1 II THE first thing I want to say to you here , is that the only efficient way ...
... less a mere critic of the doers . Every man has it in him , unless fate is indeed hard upon him , to win out that measure of success if he will honestly try.1 II THE first thing I want to say to you here , is that the only efficient way ...
Page 92
... less high of soul are the women with torn hearts and shining eyes ; the girls whose boy lov- ers have been struck down in their golden morning , and the mothers and wives to whom word has been brought that henceforth they must walk in ...
... less high of soul are the women with torn hearts and shining eyes ; the girls whose boy lov- ers have been struck down in their golden morning , and the mothers and wives to whom word has been brought that henceforth they must walk in ...
Page 97
... less desir- able than the arid cultivation , the learning and refine- ment which lead merely to that intellectual conceit which makes a man in a democratic community like ours hold himself aloof from his fellows and pride himself upon ...
... less desir- able than the arid cultivation , the learning and refine- ment which lead merely to that intellectual conceit which makes a man in a democratic community like ours hold himself aloof from his fellows and pride himself upon ...
Page 98
... less trustworthy as critics and advisers . The educated man who seeks to console himself for his own lack of the robust qualities necessary to bring suc- cess in American politics by moaning over the degener- acy of the times instead of ...
... less trustworthy as critics and advisers . The educated man who seeks to console himself for his own lack of the robust qualities necessary to bring suc- cess in American politics by moaning over the degener- acy of the times instead of ...
Page 100
... less futility , have sought to hamper and obstruct the work that has thus been done . In short , you college men , be doers rather than critics of the deeds that others do . Stand stoutly for your ideals ; but keep in mind that they can ...
... less futility , have sought to hamper and obstruct the work that has thus been done . In short , you college men , be doers rather than critics of the deeds that others do . Stand stoutly for your ideals ; but keep in mind that they can ...
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