...Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease...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....

...used the signature term "strenuous life" in a speech before Chicago's Hamilton Club on 10 April 1899: "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life." 2Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937), the son of an antiracist Confederate physician and progressive Democrat,...

...great, fighting, masterful virtues." Roosevelt believed that Americans needed to adopt what he called "the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife," which he deemed necessary as an antidote both to the "mere money-getting American" and to "the over-civilized...

...under avalanche zones and becomes unsafe to travel unless the snow is very thin or very stable. 194 / wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. President Theodore Roosevelt, speech before the Hamilton Club ( 1899) /•/ Kenosha Pass at 10,000...

...disputes. "Citizenship in a Republic," speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910 The Strenuous Life I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...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....

...read to me, alone. That was a once in your life event. He read from Roosevelt's The Strenuous Life: I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...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 to the man...

...faithful to his wife, devoted to his children. And in a famous speech in Chicago he offered his credo: "I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life." Unlike many contemporary politicians, he did not hire pollsters and speechwriters or spend time with...

...articulates his key "Americanisms." He acclaims "all that is most American in the American character": "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...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."...

...the Century Company a book titled The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses. The title piece begins, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or bitter toil, and...

...national virility and greatness" (149). As Roosevelt told a group of Chicago club members in 1899, "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife" ("Strenuous Life" 184). The heralded prosperity of the new century threatened a fatal softness. "The...