...American people to become exclusively " a white-collar" people. . . . 71. THE STRENUOUS LIFE 1 ... I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...labor and strife ; to preach that highest form of labor success which comes not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink...

...occupied by Michael Collins and bears the paragraph which might be called the creed of strenuous life. "I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life, of toil and of effort, and of labor, and strive to preach the highest form of success that comes not...

...CHAPTER X. BUSINESS MENTALITY. SAID Friedricli Nietzsche, in a manner that well might arouse the dead, " 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...

...inhabited; a man with energy, but no knowledge, a house dwelt in but unfurnished. — JOHN STERLING. I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Your brain is the nearest gold mine. Keep digging. — FE CHURCHILL. Everything...

...give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. The price of wisdom is above rubies. History is bunk. The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope....

...Exertion There's no taking trout with dry breeches. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish author I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American president Existence A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!"...

...Her/Self: Sex Roles in Modem America, 2nd ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986), p. 71. 26. "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...

...in the quotation from Theodore Roosevelt that was engraved over the door of Roosevelt High School: "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life." As Alana engaged in the "strenuous life," she often told her brother Livingston that he would never...

...demands, in the United States, in Germany, and elsewhere. "I wish to preach," said Theodore Roosevelt, "not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife." In a book on the soul and body of the child, one French writer, Dr. Maurice de Fleury, warned that...

...Muscle Lond," book review, in Boston C/obe(27|an. 1991; repr. m Sex, An, and American Culture, 1992). 6 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. Speech, ID...