The Peril of Ignoble Ease

What does it mean to live a strenuous life, anyway?

Many of you (especially if you have followed me for any length of time) already know that “The Strenuous Life” is a phrase that comes from a speech of the same name by Theodore Roosevelt.

One of TR’s most famous speeches, it opens with this renowned statement:

“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous lif…