The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The strenuous lifeP. F. Collier, 1901 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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... political life , public life , it ought to be a mere case of striving upward— striving toward a high peak . The simile is inexact . Every man who is striving to do good public work is traveling along a ridge crest , with the gulf of ...
... political life , public life , it ought to be a mere case of striving upward— striving toward a high peak . The simile is inexact . Every man who is striving to do good public work is traveling along a ridge crest , with the gulf of ...
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... political organization recently stated under oath that " he was in politics for his pocket every time . " This put in its baldest and most cynically offensive shape the doctrine upon which certain public men act . It is not necessary to ...
... political organization recently stated under oath that " he was in politics for his pocket every time . " This put in its baldest and most cynically offensive shape the doctrine upon which certain public men act . It is not necessary to ...
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... political life . " Such statements , openly made , imply a belief that the public conscience is dull ; and where the men who make them continue to be politi- cal leaders , the public has itself to thank for all short- comings in public ...
... political life . " Such statements , openly made , imply a belief that the public conscience is dull ; and where the men who make them continue to be politi- cal leaders , the public has itself to thank for all short- comings in public ...
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... politics , should emphatically disas- sociate themselves from the men whose antics throw discredit upon the reforms they profess to advocate . These little knots of extremists are found every- where , one type flourishing chiefly in one ...
... politics , should emphatically disas- sociate themselves from the men whose antics throw discredit upon the reforms they profess to advocate . These little knots of extremists are found every- where , one type flourishing chiefly in one ...
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... politics , in the field of philanthropy , in the field of social life ; and we could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times ... political reform are ham- pered , so far as they are affected at all 46 Latitude and Longitude.
... politics , in the field of philanthropy , in the field of social life ; and we could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times ... political reform are ham- pered , so far as they are affected at all 46 Latitude and Longitude.
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Page 229 - There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build, and keep at a pitch of the highest training, a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Page 2 - Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Page 3 - Let us, the children of the men who proved themselves equal to the mighty days, let us, the children of the men who carried the great Civil War to a triumphant conclusion, praise the God of our fathers that the ignoble counsels of peace were rejected; that the suffering and loss, the blackness of sorrow and despair, were unflinchingly faced, and the years of strife endured; for in the end the slave was freed, the Union restored, and the mighty American republic placed once more as a helmeted queen...
Page 42 - He said he could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times he had engaged in rectal intercourse. But his luck had been bad because one of those "fingers
Page 48 - No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. He is bound to do all the good possible. Yet he must consider the question of expediency, in order that he may do all the good possible, for otherwise he will do none. As soon as a politician gets to the point of thinking that...
Page 14 - In the same way, while a nation's first duty is within its own borders, it is not thereby absolved from facing its duties in the world as a whole; and if it refuses to do so, it merely forfeits its right to struggle for a place among the peoples that shape the destiny of mankind. In the West Indies and the Philippines alike we are confronted by most difficult problems. It is cowardly to shrink from solving them in the proper way; for solved they must be, if not by us, then by some stronger and more...
Page 234 - ... It is our duty toward the people living in barbarism to see that they are freed from their chains, and we can only free them by destroying barbarism itself. The missionary, the merchant, and the soldier may each have to play a part in this destruction, and in the consequent uplifting of the people. Exactly as it is the duty of a civilized power scrupulously to respect the rights of all weaker civilized powers and gladly to help those who are struggling toward civilization, so it is its duty to...
Page 6 - We can not sit huddled within our own borders and avow ourselves merely an assemblage of wellto-do hucksters who care nothing for what happens beyond. Such a policy would defeat even its own end ; for as the nations grow to have ever wider and wider interests, and are brought into closer and closer contact, if we are to hold our own in the struggle for naval and commercial supremacy, we must build up our power without our own borders. We must build the Isthmian Canal, and we must grasp...
Page 7 - The work must be done; we can not escape our responsibility ; and if we are worth our salt, we shall be glad of the chance to do the work — glad of the chance to show ourselves equal to one of the great tasks set modern civilization. But let us not deceive ourselves as to the importance of the task. Let us not be misled by vainglory into underestimating the strain it will put on our powers. Above all, let us, as we value our own self-respect, face the responsibilities with proper seriousness, courage,...