Citizenship in a Republic
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Citizenship in a Republic is a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910.
Theodore Roosevelt watching Dubonnet fly to Issy on Tellier plane in France, three days after his speech
Theodore Roosevelt 1907 Portrait
Invictus
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"Invictus" is a short poem by English poet William Ernest Henley. Henley wrote it in 1875, and in 1888 he published it in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses, in the section titled "Life and Dea
Citizenship in a Republic
…Cup, in which the South African side eventually defeated the heavily favoured All Blacks of New Zealand. In the film based on those events, the poem "Invictus" is used instead. Mark DeRosa, an American professional baseball utility player then with the Washington Nationals, read the passage to teammates prior…
Portrait of William Ernest Henley by Leslie Ward, published in Vanity Fair, 26 November 1892.
William Ernest Henley (terminus ante quem 1903)
Arthur Quiller-Couch, the editor who came up with the title, "Invictus"