The Strenuous Life
by Theodore Roosevelt
"If we stand idly by... then the bolder and stronger will pass us by..."

This was one of the essays I really liked. I liked this one because it told everyone don't waste time. He even says even if you are wealthy don't waste your time. In this essay he told us that we need to work hard so people don't just walk over us or pass us by. I think that this is really good because I feel the same way. I think that everyone needs to work for things they have. I think that this essay really goes to our time period because so many of us do waste our time when we could be doing something really great.