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The Strenuous Life
by Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt's essays and speeches on effort, duty and the strenuous life over ease. The 1899 title speech is the manifesto of American vigor.
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Three things you will actually use
- Prefer the strenuous life.
- Work hard at work worth doing.
- Dare mighty things.
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Read the title essay.
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Roosevelt's manifesto.
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