Statesman
AMERICAN IDEALS
WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKfiTCH BY GEN. FRANCIS VINTON GREENE
ADMINISTRATION—CIVIL SERVICE
BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

PUBLISHED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE PRESIDENT THROUGH SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CENTURV CO., MESSRS. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, AND G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW    YORK
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY
M C M t V

copyright 1889 by G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
This edition is published under arrangement with G. P. Putnam's Sons, of New York and London.

CONTENTS
AMERICAN    IDEALS
I.—american ideals		17
II.—true americanism		31
III.—the manly virtues and practical politics	51
IV.—the college graduate and public life .   .	63
V.—phases op state legislation		78
VI.—machine politics in new york city     .   .    .	118
VII.—the  vice-presidency  and   the   campaign  of
1896		149
ADMINISTRATION—CIVIL  SERVICE
I.—Six years op civil service reform     ...	177
II.—administering the new york police force	203
III.—How not to help our poorer brother     .	232
IV.—the monroe doctrine		246
V.—washington's forgotten maxim		265
VI.—national life and character		289
VII.—social evolution		321
VIII.—the law of civilization and decay   .    .    .	347