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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Sam Walter Foss. (1858–1911) (continued) |
| 8124 |
| A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a hundred years a day; For thus such reverence is lent To well-established precedent. |
| The Calf-Path. |
| Theodore Roosevelt. (1858–1919) |
| 8125 |
| No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. |
| The strenuous Life. |
| 8126 |
| A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have. |
| Speech. Springfield (Illinois). July 4, 1903. |
| 8127 |
| I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. |
| Speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago. April 10, 1899. |
| Sir William Watson. (1858–1935) |
| 8128 |
| Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness— |
| England to Ireland. |
| 8129 |
| Best they honor thee Who honor in thee only what is best. |
| The true Patriotism. |
| 8130 |
| And though circuitous and obscure The feet of Nemesis how sure! |
| Europe at the Play. |
| 8131 |
| Braying of arrogant brass, whimper of querulous reeds. |
| Hymn to the Sea. Part iii. 8. |
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