The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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Page 84
... social abasement should not be rendered . For a number of years I lived on a ranch in the old- time cattle country ; and I also visited at the house of a backwoods lumberjack friend . In both places we lived under old - style American ...
... social abasement should not be rendered . For a number of years I lived on a ranch in the old- time cattle country ; and I also visited at the house of a backwoods lumberjack friend . In both places we lived under old - style American ...
Page 97
... to get even moderately good results out of any theory when you tried to apply it to the hard facts of actual life . The judgment on practical affairs , polit- ical and social , of the men who keep aloof GOOD CITIZENSHIP 97.
... to get even moderately good results out of any theory when you tried to apply it to the hard facts of actual life . The judgment on practical affairs , polit- ical and social , of the men who keep aloof GOOD CITIZENSHIP 97.
Page 98
Selections from His Writings and Speeches Theodore Roosevelt John Ashby Lester. ical and social , of the men who keep aloof from condi- tions of practical life , is apt to be valueless to those other men who do wage effective war against ...
Selections from His Writings and Speeches Theodore Roosevelt John Ashby Lester. ical and social , of the men who keep aloof from condi- tions of practical life , is apt to be valueless to those other men who do wage effective war against ...
Page 101
... social righteousness . He can take that lead only if in a spirit of thorough- going democracy he takes his place among his fellows , not standing aloof from them , but mixing with them , so that he may know , may feel , may sympathize ...
... social righteousness . He can take that lead only if in a spirit of thorough- going democracy he takes his place among his fellows , not standing aloof from them , but mixing with them , so that he may know , may feel , may sympathize ...
Page 102
... social rallying - point . These men congregate in the association building in the evening to smoke , drink beer , and play cards , precisely as the wealthier men gather in the clubs whose purpose is avowedly social and not political ...
... social rallying - point . These men congregate in the association building in the evening to smoke , drink beer , and play cards , precisely as the wealthier men gather in the clubs whose purpose is avowedly social and not political ...
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