 | Grenville Kleiser - 1911 - 412 pages
...proposal to change our government. MISCELLANEOUS SPEECHES THE STRENUOUS LIFE* BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the...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... | |
 | Albert Van der Naillen - 1912 - 242 pages
...higher one, leads directly to good citizenship in the other, or in the one below. Mr. Roosevelt writes: "I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease...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... | |
 | Cornelia Carhart Ward - 1914 - 448 pages
...the answer to that prayer. From oration on Abraham Lincoln by BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. By permission. 2. In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the...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... | |
 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 pages
...is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have. Speech. Springfield (Illinois). July 4, 1903. I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. Speech be/ore the Hamilton Club, Chicago. April 10, 1899. WILLIAM WATSON. 1858Hate and mistrust are... | |
 | Richard Ashley Rice - 1915 - 410 pages
...aims, but the unified understanding which is Insight. XVII THE STRENUOUS LIFE 1 THEODORE ROOSEVELT In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the...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... | |
 | Antoinette Knowles - 1916 - 376 pages
...nation the answer to that prayer." 5. Introduction to Roosevelt's Address on "The Strenuous Life": "In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the...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... | |
 | Charles Grenfill Washburn - 1916 - 284 pages
...good in our political, business, and social life. The following is typical of much that he said: — I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...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... | |
 | Charles Grenfill Washburn - 1916 - 284 pages
...good in our political, business, and social life. The following is typical of much that he said: — I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...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... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1918 - 256 pages
...subject assigned me, "Business and Politics."—Woodrow Wilson, Education and Trade, New York, 1912. 3. In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the...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... | |
 | Carleton B. Case - 1918 - 174 pages
...liberties? — HENRY CLAY. THE STRENUOUS LIFE (From a speech delivered at Chicago, April 10, 1899.) In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the West, men of the State which gave the country Lincoln and Grant, men who pre-eminently and distinctly embody all that is most American... | |
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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... 
