American Boys' Life of Theodore RooseveltLee and Shepard, 1904 - 311 pages |
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Page 68
... trail , during which one of the ponies fell into a washout and broke his neck , and a mule stuck fast in a mud - hole and was extricated only after hours of hard work . " It was on the second day of our journey into the mountains that I ...
... trail , during which one of the ponies fell into a washout and broke his neck , and a mule stuck fast in a mud - hole and was extricated only after hours of hard work . " It was on the second day of our journey into the mountains that I ...
Page 69
... trail , for elk tracks . ran in all directions over the mountains . These tracks are there to - day , but the elk and the bears are fast disappearing , for ruthless hunters have done their best to ex- terminate the game . After passing ...
... trail , for elk tracks . ran in all directions over the mountains . These tracks are there to - day , but the elk and the bears are fast disappearing , for ruthless hunters have done their best to ex- terminate the game . After passing ...
Page 70
... trail of the calf and finished that also . Of this herd the foreman also brought down two , so that for the time being the hunters had all the meat they needed . But Theodore Roosevelt was anxious to obtain some elk horns as trophies of ...
... trail of the calf and finished that also . Of this herd the foreman also brought down two , so that for the time being the hunters had all the meat they needed . But Theodore Roosevelt was anxious to obtain some elk horns as trophies of ...
Page 72
... trail again . There is a valuable lesson to be learned from this hunting trip , and one that all young readers should take to heart . It shows what sticking at a thing can accom- plish . Mr. Roosevelt had determined to get at least a ...
... trail again . There is a valuable lesson to be learned from this hunting trip , and one that all young readers should take to heart . It shows what sticking at a thing can accom- plish . Mr. Roosevelt had determined to get at least a ...
Page 77
... trail was now one to be followed with ease . " I'm going to hunt him down to his lair , " said Theodore Roosevelt , and stalked off with his companion beside him . Soon they were again deep in the woods , walking perhaps where the foot ...
... trail was now one to be followed with ease . " I'm going to hunt him down to his lair , " said Theodore Roosevelt , and stalked off with his companion beside him . Soon they were again deep in the woods , walking perhaps where the foot ...
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Page 201 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page xix - The twentieth century looms before us big with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves the domination of the world.
Page 201 - We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious efforts, the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.
Page xx - Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully ; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods.
Page 201 - As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation. It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history. Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history. 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 not victory nor defeat.
Page 242 - I shall take the oath at once," he said, "in response to your request; and in this hour of deep and terrible national bereavement I wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley for the peace and prosperity of our beloved country.
Page 78 - ... brain, striking as fairly between the eyes as if the distance had been measured by a carpenter's rule. The whole thing was over in twenty seconds from the time I caught sight of the game ; indeed, it was over so quickly that the grizzly did not have time to show fight at all or come a step toward us. It was the first I had ever seen, and I felt not a little proud, as I stood over the great brindled bulk, which lay stretched out at length in the cool shade of the evergreens. He was a monstrous...
Page 299 - Grant, and accordingly as it does or does not back them up in their efforts. We do not need men of unsteady brilliancy, or erratic power — unbalanced men. The men we need are the men of strong, earnest, solid character — the men who possess the homely virtues, and who to these virtues add rugged courage, rugged honesty and high resolve.
Page 297 - If we are to be a really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.
Page 73 - What is most necessary is, that every man should realize the necessity of faithful and honest work, every afternoon. Last year we had good individual players, but they did not work together nearly as well as the Princeton team, and were not in as good condition as the Yale men. The football season is short; and while it does last, the men ought to work faithfully, if they expect to win back for Harvard the position...
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Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan: The Making of a President Peggy Samuels,Harold Samuels No preview available - 1997 |