Lessons in Manliness: Theodore Roosevelt and the Spanish-American War

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5-2-2008 3:12 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2cb9bac7-53ba-4b93-929f-4b1a782d7602/1FAE3AAB-9867-41DF-AD3B-975F76DAE283/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/" href="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/" style="font-size: 11px;">artofmanliness.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/"><P><IMG width="250" height="307" alt="Theodore Roosevelt" src="http://artofmanliness.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/coltr_horseback.jpg" title="coltr_horseback" class="nonwhite alignnone size-full wp-image-187" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">His actions during the war impart crucial lessons on manly leadership:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/"><STRONG>1. Walk the Walk.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">Teddy pestered the Secretary of the Navy for a commission in the army. He then sold his cattle ranch and some of his possessions, and took out life insurance in preparation of receiving it. He was fully prepared to put his money where his mouth (and pen) was.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/"><STRONG>2. Know your limitations.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">Teddy was never short on confidence, but he didn’t let cocksureness slip into arrogance.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/"><STRONG>3. Pick the best men for your team.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">surround yourself with the best men,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">be the kind of leader men fall over each to serve under</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/"><P><IMG width="350" height="271" alt="Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders" src="http://artofmanliness.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ch19rooseveltandtherough-riders1.jpg" title="ch19rooseveltandtherough-riders1" class="nonwhite alignnone size-full wp-image-189" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/"><STRONG>4. Be one of the men.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">When the Rough Riders arrived in Cuba,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">Roosevelt walked alongside the men, refusing to ride while they were marching</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/"><STRONG>5. Lead by example.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">Don’t ask others to do anything you are afraid of doing yourself.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">As bodies piled up all around him, TR stayed on his horse as an example of courage.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/"><STRONG>6. See it through.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/01/lessons-in-manliness-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-spanish-american-war/">In 2001, Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1FAE3AAB-9867-41DF-AD3B-975F76DAE283/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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alanocu says:

"Theodore Roosevelt, who arguably accomplished more than any other American man, called his experience in the Spanish-American War, “the great day of my life.” It was during his charge up Kettle Hill that Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership and confidence finally crystallized. He passed the test and emerged as a leader capable of ascending to the presidency."