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You can take the Dutch out of the Netherlands, but you can’t take the Netherlands out of the Dutch.
You can take the Dutch out of the Netherlands, but you can’t take the Netherlands out of the Dutch.
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The more I learn about teddy roosevelt the more I realize he was just doing side quests
I think the best part about Teddy is how excited he got about random shit. On paper, he led a very sad and hard life but that man was a fighter and was able to find joy in the oddest things which is what makes him so admirable imo. A random girl gives you a badger? *Hell yeah!* You spot a random Boer out in British Africa? *What are the chances!* You get lost out in the wilderness for a few weeks? *Time to experience nature as God intended!* Go on a jungle expedition and get riddled with disease? *Time of my life!* You’re sickly and dying and there’s a world war going on? *Send me to the trenches!*
Not every aspect of Theodore Roosevelt’s [African Safari](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/s/fp6SVb8wzp) was exciting. For one thing, the journey entailed much tedious slogging through country that, though often scenic, was rarely spectacular: Indeed, Roosevelt remarked that it reminded him of Dakota. He and his companions alternately roasted and shivered -the first during the equatorial day, the second in the highland night. Insect pests were a constant trial. Ticks were every-where: in the grass, in the bushes, in the bedding, under ones trousers, stockings, shirt. Humans had to pick them off carefully and frequently or risk tick fever, which even the most stringent precautions frequently failed to avert. The horses had things worse; every evening the aboriginal attendants, called saises, spent hours plucking the ticks off the partys mounts. Roosevelt’s guides in this venture were British, though they weren’t the only Whites in the region. Among those already in East Africa were members of a group toward which Roosevelt felt a particular affinity. The Boers, descendants of Dutch settlers who left Holland about the same time Roosevelts Dutch ancestors departed for America, had reached East Africa from the south. In their new home they continued to display the singular self-reliance that had made them such doughty foes to the British in the South African war. Roosevelt was as thoroughly taken by the Boers he met as they, fully aware of his Dutch roots, were by him. He congratulated them on their large families and joined them in singing a Dutch lullaby he remembered from childhood. Ever the proponent of “civilizing imperialism”, Roosevelt looked upon both people’s presence in the Dark Continent favorably. There could be no better and manlier people than those, both English and Dutch, who are at this moment engaged in the great and difficult task of adding East Africa to the domain of civilization. Source: T.R., The Last Romantic, pages 647-650
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I think the best part about Teddy is how excited he got about random shit. On paper, he led a very sad and hard life but that man was a fighter and was able to find joy in the oddest things which is what makes him so admirable imo. A random girl gives you a badger? *Hell yeah!* You spot a random Boer out in British Africa? *What are the chances!* You get lost out in the wilderness for a few weeks? *Time to experience nature as God intended!* Go on a jungle expedition and get riddled with disease? *Time of my life!* You’re sickly and dying and there’s a world war going on? *Send me to the trenches!*
Not every aspect of Theodore Roosevelt’s [African Safari](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/s/fp6SVb8wzp) was exciting. For one thing, the journey entailed much tedious slogging through country that, though often scenic, was rarely spectacular: Indeed, Roosevelt remarked that it reminded him of Dakota. He and his companions alternately roasted and shivered -the first during the equatorial day, the second in the highland night. Insect pests were a constant trial. Ticks were every-where: in the grass, in the bushes, in the bedding, under ones trousers, stockings, shirt. Humans had to pick them off carefully and frequently or risk tick fever, which even the most stringent precautions frequently failed to avert. The horses had things worse; every evening the aboriginal attendants, called saises, spent hours plucking the ticks off the partys mounts. Roosevelt’s guides in this venture were British, though they weren’t the only Whites in the region. Among those already in East Africa were members of a group toward which Roosevelt felt a particular affinity. The Boers, descendants of Dutch settlers who left Holland about the same time Roosevelts Dutch ancestors departed for America, had reached East Africa from the south. In their new home they continued to display the singular self-reliance that had made them such doughty foes to the British in the South African war. Roosevelt was as thoroughly taken by the Boers he met as they, fully aware of his Dutch roots, were by him. He congratulated them on their large families and joined them in singing a Dutch lullaby he remembered from childhood. Ever the proponent of “civilizing imperialism”, Roosevelt looked upon both people’s presence in the Dark Continent favorably. There could be no better and manlier people than those, both English and Dutch, who are at this moment engaged in the great and difficult task of adding East Africa to the domain of civilization. Source: T.R., The Last Romantic, pages 647-650
Printed on demand by Printify. Ships from the US or UK depending on location.
This shirt is made from responsibly sourced materials and printed using sustainable practices. To care for your shirt, machine wash cold inside-out with like colors and tumble dry low. Do not iron directly on the print.
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