at he thought was well trained. The horse had never bucked before but one day the man was thrown off the horse and he landed on his head which killed him. Another story in “In Cowboy-Land” tells how one of Roosevelt’s friends was hunting and had to fight off Sioux Indians. This is only one example in the essay which tells about how hard it was to live on the frontier. These experiences made Roosevelt a better man and leader for the United States. Roosevelt speaks to Americans in his document "The Strenuous Life" telling us that we have to do our duty. Our duty which Roosevelt describes is that the fathers and sons of our nation must do hard labor and be proud to be doing it, and the mothers and daughters should tend to children and do housework. Roosevelt says, "When men fear work or fear righteous war, when women fear motherhood, they tremble on the brink of doom". #He also says that we have our duty as individuals and as a nation. We are told that we strive as a country, that we are supposed to make a history for ourselves. Even though war is bad and so much is lost, we will still lean from it in the end. As a nation, we have a responsibility to aid Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. "If we undertake the solution there is of course, always danger that we may not solve it right; but to refuse to undertake the solution simply renders it certain that we cannot possibly solve it right". #Roosevelt is saying we need to take action or else we would be seen as a weak country and he as a weak president. He was a strong leader and he would not stand for being affiliated with weak work. Roosevelt believed that we as a nation were strong enough to take on any country and win. Starting with Puerto Rico, he said that it is too small that we must govern it wisely. Cuba was believed to be able to stand on its own as an independent state or an internal portion on the mightiest republics. Until order was obtained though,...
