...CHAPTER X. BUSINESS MENTALITY. SAID Friedricli Nietzsche, in a manner that well might arouse the dead, " I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of toil and effort, of labor and strife: to preach the highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man...

...inhabited; a man with energy, but no knowledge, a house dwelt in but unfurnished. — JOHN STERLING. I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Your brain is the nearest gold mine. Keep digging. — FE CHURCHILL. Everything...

...Roosevelt himself in the following terse paragraph: I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ifjnoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the...desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shirk from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who, out of these, wins the splendid, ultimate triumph....

...backward today toward a gigantic figure who, once upon a time, dwelt and labored among us, who preached not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine...the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace but to the man...

...pre-Presidential fame. The essence of what Roosevelt said was: ... I wish to preach, not the doctrine ol ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life,...to preach that highest form of success which comes ... to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil . . . No one will...

...the strenuous life, thus repeating the admonition of ages given in both Bible and profane history. He said: "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble...strife; to preach that highest form of success which conies not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shirk from hardship...

...activities that would have taxed the strength of half a dozen men? "I wish to preach," he wrote years ago, "not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine...highest form of success which comes not to the man who desjres mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter...

...Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach the highest form of success, which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man...

...Interior will be not just equal to the challenge posed, but true to the credo of Theodore Roosevelt who said, "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life." Clearly being Secretary of the Interior is no life of ease. The stewardship of America's environment...

...give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. The price of wisdom is above rubies. History is bunk. The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope....