Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography ...Macmillan, 1913 - 615 páginas |
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... Civil War , although a very small boy , I grew to have a partial but alert understanding of the fact that the family were not one in their views about that conflict , my father being a strong Lin- coln Republican ; and once , when I ...
... Civil War , although a very small boy , I grew to have a partial but alert understanding of the fact that the family were not one in their views about that conflict , my father being a strong Lin- coln Republican ; and once , when I ...
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... Civil War with entire fairness and generosity . But in Eng- lish politics he promptly became a Tory of the most ultra- conservative school . Lincoln and Grant he could admire , but he would not listen to anything in favor of Mr. Glad ...
... Civil War with entire fairness and generosity . But in Eng- lish politics he promptly became a Tory of the most ultra- conservative school . Lincoln and Grant he could admire , but he would not listen to anything in favor of Mr. Glad ...
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... Civil Service Commissioner ; Judge John C. Rose ; Truman H. Newberry , Secretary of the Navy ; Mr. George Woodruff , Counsel to the Forestry Service ; M. Jusserand , French Ambassador ; Mr. C. E. Heffelfinger ; George von L. Meyer ...
... Civil Service Commissioner ; Judge John C. Rose ; Truman H. Newberry , Secretary of the Navy ; Mr. George Woodruff , Counsel to the Forestry Service ; M. Jusserand , French Ambassador ; Mr. C. E. Heffelfinger ; George von L. Meyer ...
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... Civil War . Then he came back to First Avenue , and , being a fearless , powerful , energetic young fellow , careless and reckless , speedily grew to some prominence as leader of a gang . In that district , and at that time , politics ...
... Civil War . Then he came back to First Avenue , and , being a fearless , powerful , energetic young fellow , careless and reckless , speedily grew to some prominence as leader of a gang . In that district , and at that time , politics ...
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... Civil Service Reform . Now , to the wrong kind of man all this might have meant nothing at all . But He was by in Joe Murray's case it meant everything . nature as straight a man , as fearless and as stanchly loyal , as any one whom I ...
... Civil Service Reform . Now , to the wrong kind of man all this might have meant nothing at all . But He was by in Joe Murray's case it meant everything . nature as straight a man , as fearless and as stanchly loyal , as any one whom I ...
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Página 454 - the great highways of the world, and justify the act by the pretension that these avenues of trade and travel belong to them and that they choose to shut them, or, what is almost equivalent, to encumber them with such unjust relations as would prevent their general use.
Página 462 - if the Government of the United States would land troops and restore the Colombian sovereignty" the Colombian President would "declare martial law; and, by virtue of vested constitutional authority, when ' public order is disturbed, would approve by decree the / ratification of the canal treaty as signed; or, if the
Página 533 - Behind the ostensible Government sits enthroned an invisible Government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics, is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.
Página 326 - to all action of this kind there have long been two schools of political thought, upheld with equal sincerity. The division has not normally been along political, but temperamental, lines. The course I followed, of regarding the executive as subject only to the people, and, under the Constitution, bound to serve the people affirmatively in cases where the Constitution
Página 457 - Only the active interference of the United States had enabled her to preserve so much as a semblance of sovereignty. Had it not been for the exercise by the United States of the police power in her interest, her connection with the Isthmus would have been sundered long
Página 530 - We favor strengthening the Sherman Law by prohibiting agreements to divide territory or limit output; refusing to sell to customers who buy from business rivals; to sell below cost in certain areas while maintaining higher prices in other places; using the power of transportation to aid or injure special business concerns; and
Página 456 - October 4, 1860. — Landing of United States forces in consequence. May 23, 1861. — Intervention of the United States forces required, by intendente. October 2, 1861. — Insurrection and civil war. April 4, 1862.—Measures to prevent rebels crossing Isthmus. June 13, 1862.—Mosquera's troops refused admittance to Panama. March,
Página 263 - accompanied by detailed reports from the regimental and other commanders engaged, and a list of the killed and wounded: I cannot speak too highly of the efficient manner in which Colonel Wood handled his regiment, and of his magnificent behavior on the field. The conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt, as reported to me by my two
Página 458 - September 12, 1902. Ranger, Panama: United States guarantees perfect neutrality of Isthmus and that a free transit from sea to sea be not interrupted or embarrassed. . . . Any transportation of troops which might contravene these provisions of treaty should not be sanctioned by you, nor should use of road be permitted which might convert the line of transit into theater of
Página 411 - the President assuming that for the purposes of such a Commission, the term sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge." The relief of the whole country was so great that the sudden appearance of the head of the Brotherhood of Railway