...over-civilized society. Like these men, Roosevelt sought a solution in the encouragement of a vigorous life: The timid man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts...shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties; shrink from seeing us build a navy and an army adequate to our needs; shrink from seeing us do our...

...enthusiasm for the war and for the administration of overseas territory. "The timid man," he proclaimed, the lazy man, the man who distrusts his country, the...great fighting, masterful virtues, the ignorant man, the man of dull mind whose soul is incapable of feeling the mighty life that thrills "stern men with...

...danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. The timid man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts his country, the overeivilized man, who has lost the great fighting, masterful virtues, the ignorant man and the man...

...refuse to undertake the solution simply renders it certain that we cannot possibly solve it aright. The timid man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts...shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties; shrink from seeing us build a navy and army adequate to our needs; shrink from seeing us do our share...

...problems a dark and shameful page in our history." It was an identity argument: real men are imperialists: The timid man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts...shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties. . . 1 preach to you then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease but for the...

...especially for the "timid man, the lazy man . . . who has lost the great fighting masterful virtues . . . the man of dull mind whose soul is incapable of feeling...thrills 'stern men with empires in their brains.' "3 More aggressively minded men like Roosevelt believed that war's skills — stalking, targeting,...

...especially for the "timid man, the lazy man . . . who has lost the great fighting masterful virtues . . . the man of dull mind whose soul is incapable of feeling...lift that thrills 'stern men with empires in their brains.'"3 More aggressively minded men like Roosevelt believed that war's skills — stalking, targeting,...

...empire-building demands equally formidable prose—he communicates his fervor for power, for masculine assertion: The timid man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts...lift that thrills "stern men with empires in their brains"—all these, of course, shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties; shrink from...

...can exist only when the men . . . who make it up lead clean, vigorous, healthy lives" and are capable "of feeling the mighty lift that thrills 'stern men with empires in their brains.'" By contrast, the "men who fear the strenuous life . . . [also] fear the only national life which is...

...refuse to undertake the solution simply renders it certain that we cannot possibly solve it aright. The timid man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts...ignorant man, and the man of dull mind, whose soul 1 Porto Rico, a past spelling of Puerto Rico. 254 APPENDIX E is incapable of feeling the mighty life...