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A Square Deal

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By Theodore Roosevelt
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A compilation of public addresses that lays out practical guidelines for responsible citizenship and public life, emphasizing everyday virtues, the dignity of labor, and honest conduct in family, business, and politics. It argues for fair treatment of workers and firms through regulation of trusts and support for collective action, promotes education and parental duty, and addresses social challenges including rural concerns, race-related violence, Native American policy, immigration, and anti-corruption. The addresses also discuss national policy toward hemispheric affairs and international peace, and call for moral character grounded in civic duty and moderation.

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Ideals of Citizenship—p. 8
The Dignity of Labor—p. 18
The Workingman—p. 28
Labor Unions—p. 36
The Business Man—p. 46
Success in Life—p. 52
The Man Who Counts—p. 58
Education—p. 64
The School Teacher—p. 74
The Nobility of Parenthood—p. 82
Great Riches—p. 96
The Farmer—p. 104
The Trusts—p. 114
The Problem of the South—p. 126
Lynch Law—p. 134
The Indians—p. 142
Immigration—p. 148
The Chinese Question—p. 160
Official Corruption—p. 164
The Monroe Doctrine—p. 172
The World’s Peace—p. 184
The Essence of Christian Character—p. 198
With granite, once a genius bridged a stream.
A builder once a rugged temple wrought;
On canvas once a painter fixed a thought;
A sculptor once in marble carved a dream;
A queen once built a tomb, and in the scheme
Of gold and bronze the quivering sunbeams caught;
Then came oblivion, unseen, unsought,
Contemptuous of thinker and of theme.
And some one wrote a book. Palace and Hall
Are gone. Marble and bronze are dust. The fanes
Are fallen which the sun old sought. The rook
At morn, caws garrulously over all.
All! All are gone. The book alone remains.
Man builds no structure which outlives a book.
By HON E. F. WARE
Late U. S. Pension Commissioner