The Life of Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-fifth President of the United StatesG. Richards, 1903 - 391 pages |
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Page 68
... receiving it . In a very short time these three classes would monopolize nine - tenths of the influence and power in our political life , and decent people could overthrow them only in some time of special and great political excitement ...
... receiving it . In a very short time these three classes would monopolize nine - tenths of the influence and power in our political life , and decent people could overthrow them only in some time of special and great political excitement ...
Page 69
... received their full share of appointments in the departmental service at Washington ; and the most . gratifying feature about this is that the great bulk of the men and women thus appointed to position in the Government service from ...
... received their full share of appointments in the departmental service at Washington ; and the most . gratifying feature about this is that the great bulk of the men and women thus appointed to position in the Government service from ...
Page 75
... received a letter asking , " Why have you turned out a worthy man merely because he is a Democrat ? " The answer was that the man was not turned out as a Democrat , " but because of the trivial fact that he got drunk . " The next letter ...
... received a letter asking , " Why have you turned out a worthy man merely because he is a Democrat ? " The answer was that the man was not turned out as a Democrat , " but because of the trivial fact that he got drunk . " The next letter ...
Page 76
... received a little clipping from a San Antonio paper that goes to my heart on the question of practical examinations . Always , when you start to make a rather revolutionary change , you meet opposition from very excel- lent people who ...
... received a little clipping from a San Antonio paper that goes to my heart on the question of practical examinations . Always , when you start to make a rather revolutionary change , you meet opposition from very excel- lent people who ...
Page 77
... received in the mail a slip from a San Antonio paper as follows : " For mounted inspector - He who gets the job must read brands , ride bronchos , and shoot with both hands . " " The Civil Service Commission announces that , on March 15 ...
... received in the mail a slip from a San Antonio paper as follows : " For mounted inspector - He who gets the job must read brands , ride bronchos , and shoot with both hands . " " The Civil Service Commission announces that , on March 15 ...
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