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Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Vol. 12 of 14: The Strenuous Life (Classic Reprint)
Works of Theodore Roosevelt Vol 12 of 14 The Strenuous Life - Classic Reprint Author:Theodore Roosevelt IN speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the West, men of the State which gave to the country Lincoln and, Grant, men who pre-eminently and distinctly embody all_that is nl0st American in the American character, I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labo... more »r and strife; to preach that highest fonn of success which comes, not to' the man who desires· mere easy peace, but to the man who· does not shrink froln danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely fronl lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. I ask only that what every self-respecting- American demands from himself and from his sons shall be demanded of the American nation as a. whole. Who among you would teach your boys that e
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; THE STRENUOUS LIFE 3; EXPANSION AND PEACE 23; LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE AMONG REFORMERS 37; FELLOW-FEELING AS A POLITICAL FACTOR 58; CIVIC HELPFULNESS 80; CHARACTER AND SUCCESS 98; THE EIGHTH AND NINTH COMMANDMENTS IN POLITICS 107; THE BEST AND THE GOOD 113; PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE 119; THE AMERICAN Boy 128; MILITARY PREPAREDNESS AND UNPREPAREDNESS 138; ADMIRAL DEWEY 156; GRANT I71; THE Two AMERICAS 189; MANHOOD AND STATEHOOb 201; BROTHERHOOD AND THE HEROIC VIRTUES; NATIONAL DUTIES; THE LABOR QUESTION; CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP; 2 15; 228; 245; 262
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