1897: Naval officer and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan in his book, The Interest of America in Sea Power, arguing against isolationism
1898: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, in her book Women and Economics, arguing that women performing housework 'enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could.'
1898: Slogan promoted by William Randolph Hearst's Journal, helping to ignite the Spanish-American War.
1898: Commodore George Dewey's words to the commander of his flagship Olympia in the Battle of Manila Bay.
1898: Representative Bob Gibson in a passionate appeal to annex Hawaii.
1898: Captain John W. Philip after destroying the Spanish ships Vizcaya and Colón at Santiago harbor in Cuba.
1898: Secretary of State John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt near the end of the Spanish-American War.
1899: President McKinley after the US gained possession of the Philippines for $20 million.
1899: Refers to an article by Elbert Hubbard about a mission of intelligence officer Lt. Major Andrew S. Owen; meaning to be resourceful and brave in carrying out an assigned task without fanfare.
1899: Then New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt insisting that it is better to have a life checkered with failure, then to never 'dare to do mighty things.'
1899: The Literary Digest on the 'horseless carriage.' (4000 were manufactured in 1900, 190,000 10 years later. Maybe they should stick to predicting presidential elections!)
1899: Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who also said, 'frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me... You have got to show me.'
1883 - 1929: Inscription on the over 2,500 libraries built by Andrew Carnegie.
1899: Policy towards China, promoted by US Secretary of State John Hay.
1899: English poet Rudyard Kipling's poem, subtitled, The United States and the Philippine Islands, used to promote American imperialism.
1900: Title of a song composed by James Weldon Johnson to celebrate Lincoln's birthday; became known as the 'Negro National Anthem.'
1900: Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge on the divine mission of America to bring civilization to the Orient, especially the Philippines.
1900: Popular song among US army troops fighting Emilio Aguinaldo's guerrilla resistance, which called for civilizing the Filipinos with a Krag (rifle) so they could return home; authorship unknown.
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