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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... "
How to Master the Spoken Word: Designed as a Self-instructor for All who ... - Page 31
by Edwin Gordon Lawrence - 1913 - 420 pages
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Natural History, Volume 19

1919 - 824 pages
...difficult- issues, than the following so often quoted from The Strenuous Life: "In speaking to you, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach the highest form of success which comes ... to the man who does not shrink from danger, from...
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Peace and Patriotism: Selections from Poetry and Prose

Elva Sophronia Smith - 1919 - 326 pages
...STRENUOUS LIFE Extract from a speech on national questions at Chicago, April 10, 1899 THEODORE ROOSEVELT 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...
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High Points in the Work of the High Schools of New York City, Volume 26

New York (N.Y.). Board of Education - 1944 - 824 pages
...are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, are constitutional. — Marshall. 23. / wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach the highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but...
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Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in ...

Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - 1920 - 296 pages
...supreme over ignoble timidity and all selfish considerations. THE STRENUOUS LIFE 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...
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Roosevelt's Writings: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt - 1920 - 424 pages
...together, heart, hand, and head, for the honor and the greatness is of our common country. GENTLEMEN :— In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the...distinctly embody all that is most American in the Ameri5 can character, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous...
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Theme-building

Charles Henshaw Ward - 1920 - 584 pages
...men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, (2) I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; (3) to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace,...
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Roosevelt, the Happy Warrior

Bradley Gilman - 1921 - 948 pages
...President himself, that it is indispensable as an autographic biography. THE STRENUOUS LIFE. "Gentlemen : In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the...the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life ; the life of toil and effort ; of labor and strife ; to preach that highest form of...
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The Historical Register: A Biographical Record of the Men of Our Time who ...

Edwin Charles Hill, Bela James Porter - 1921 - 344 pages
...Theodore Roosevelt died January 6th, 1919. He expounded his own rule and doctrine of life when he wrote: "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 conies, not to the man who desires mere ease and peace,...
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Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in ...

Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - 1922 - 360 pages
...supreme over ignoble timidity and all selfish considerations. THE STRENUOUS LIFE 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...
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HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS

KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have paid. JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSE — My Wage. And laugh as I pass in thunder. SHELLEY— The Cloud. 11 ... feathery ROOSEVELT. At Appomattox Day celebration of the Hamilton Club of Chicago. April 10, 1899. n This life...
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