The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... nation or an ideal . It would be a sad and 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 ...
... nation or an ideal . It would be a sad and 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 ...
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... nation wishes to play a great part in the world there must be no dallying with the life of lazy ease . In the abounding energy and intensity of existence in our mighty democratic republic there is small space in- deed for the idler ...
... nation wishes to play a great part in the world there must be no dallying with the life of lazy ease . In the abounding energy and intensity of existence in our mighty democratic republic there is small space in- deed for the idler ...
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... nation , and therefore the downfall of the proudest hope of mankind . But no less is it true that had either been influenced by self - seeking ambition , by callous disregard of others , by contempt for the moral law , he would have ...
... nation , and therefore the downfall of the proudest hope of mankind . But no less is it true that had either been influenced by self - seeking ambition , by callous disregard of others , by contempt for the moral law , he would have ...
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... nation rests upon the individual , upon the family - upon indi- vidual manliness and womanliness , using the words in their widest and fullest meaning . To be a good husband or good wife , a good neighbor and friend , to be hard ...
... nation rests upon the individual , upon the family - upon indi- vidual manliness and womanliness , using the words in their widest and fullest meaning . To be a good husband or good wife , a good neighbor and friend , to be hard ...
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... nation as in a man . It is a good thing to have a keen , fine intellectual develop- ment in a nation , to produce orators , artists , successful business men ; but it is an infinitely greater thing to have those solid qualities which we ...
... nation as in a man . It is a good thing to have a keen , fine intellectual develop- ment in a nation , to produce orators , artists , successful business men ; but it is an infinitely greater thing to have those solid qualities which we ...
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