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" which above everything else bring national renown. We do not admire a man of timid peace. By war alone can we acquire those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. In this world the nation that is trained to a career of unwarlike... "
The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National ... - Page 164
by Sir Norman Angell - 1913 - 371 pages
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Imperialism and Liberty

Morrison Isaac Swift - 1899 - 514 pages
...that organizes its utter resources into an incomparable mechanism of slaughter, because these are the "virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life," in the world's hellish arena. To succeed men and nations must be devils, let us therefore become devils...
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Imperialism and Liberty

Morrison Isaac Swift - 1899 - 514 pages
...that organizes its utter resources into an incomparable mechanism of slaughter, because these are the "virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life," in the world's hellish arena. To succeed men and nations must be devils, let us therefore become devils...
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Modern Eloquence, Volume 9

Thomas Brackett Reed - 1900 - 492 pages
...victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor; who is prompt to help a friend; but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail; but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save...
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The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 356 pages
...victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save...
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The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The strenuous life

Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 302 pages
...victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. •VJn this life we get nothing...
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Works: The strenuous life

Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 314 pages
...victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save...
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The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

Theodore Roosevelt - 1902 - 360 pages
...victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save...
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Book of Patriotism

George Frisbie Hoar - 1902 - 436 pages
...victorious efforts, the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save...
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The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

Theodore Roosevelt - 1903 - 352 pages
...victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save...
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The Roosevelt Book: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 244 pages
...victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save...
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