...September (see below). given in Chicago on April 10, 1899, when Roosevelt was governor of New York. I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...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...

...delivered before the Hamilton Club of Chicago on 10 April 1899. "I wish to preach," he told his audience, "not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine...to preach that highest form of success which comes ... to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of...

...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,...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...

...perhaps best captured in Theodore Roosevelt's essay, "The Strenuous Life," where he writes in support of not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine...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...

...Theodore Roosevelt. In 1899, as governor of New York, he told the Hamilton Club in Chicago that he wished "to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife." He expressed a sovereign contempt for the "timid man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts his country,...

...the lumberyard, work in the office and in the press. KAHLIL GIBRAN Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. THEODORE ROOSEVELT speech, 1899 I propose to tell you the secret of life as I have seen the game played,...

...in "The Strenuous Life," a speech delivered in 1899, he argued that national greatness depended upon "the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife" (13:319). Roosevelt felt he had overcome poor health during his childhood by applying these principles...

...British rock musician. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (song), on the album Let It Bleed (1 970). I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, (1858-1919) US Republican (later Progressive) politician, president. The Penguin...

...CENTURY, Theodore Roosevelt reminded the members of a Chicago men's club what their proper role should be: "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...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...

...distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character" - he announced that he wished to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the...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...