The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses is a collection of Theodore
Roosevelt's published commentaries and public addresses on what is
necessary for a vital and healthy political, social and individual life.
In ""The Strenuous Life"" he argues that strenuous effort and overcoming
hardship were ideals to be embraced by Americans for the betterment of
the nation. Also included are the following essays and speeches:
Expansion And Peace, Latitude And Longitude Among Reformers,
Fellow-Feeling As A Political Factor, Civic Helpfulness, Character And
Success, The Eighth And Ninth Commandments In Politics, The Best And The
Good, Promise And Performance, The American Boy, Military Preparedness
And Unprepared-Ness, Admiral Dewey, Grant, The Two Americas, Manhood And
Statehood, Brotherhood And The Heroic Virtues, National Duties, The
Labor Question, and Christian Citizenship.