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IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR 
was going on in his dominions. Salutary results soon followed from the 
Roosevelt diplomacy. 
We have told some of the things for which President Roosevelt 
stood sponsor. They were not all. His activity was enormous. Pie 
not only stood for the best things, but he worked and fought for them, 
and in some instances stood the test of making powerful enemies in 
order to secure them. The faculty of persistence in him was strongly 
developed. The word “strenuous,” which he has bound up with his 
own name, aptly illustrates his character. His was a true example of 
the “strenuous life.” There was always “something doing” in his 
neighborhood, and always will be while he breathes the breath of life. 
The Roosevelt doctrine of a “square deal,” the enforcement of the laws 
and statutes of the United States, and the upholding of the dignity and 
integrity of the nation were ever the keynotes of his administration. 
