Men They Were, Men of Daring and Courage, Men Who Distinguished Themselves in Many Different

Examples of “Men of Daring”

1. Men they were, men of daring and courage, men who distinguished themselves in many different ways, in public life, as honored citizens, taking part in many desperate fights with the Indians.

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2. 486th Anniversary of Magellan’s Coming to the Philippines
HISTORIANS called the 15th century the Era of Exploration and Discoveries. It was a period dominated by men of daring and vision. Ferdinand Magellan was one of these men who defied all odds and achieved many of the world’s greatest discoveries of all time.

3. Nearly two hundred years later further discoveries and rediscoveries were made by French explorers, such as Bougainville, and then by Captain Cook, and the South Sea Islands began to be known, and the tales therefrom to be the delight of romantic minds. Captain Cook made friends when he could, and distributed pigs wherever he went. Then the discovery of sandal wood brought traders, men of daring, unscrupulous and greedy for the most part, who went here and there in their schooners getting the coveted sandal wood by force or by fraud.

4. MEN OF DARING JOIN TANK FIGHTING UNIT; Recruiting in New York for Hazardous Service Finds Many Volunteers. DEMAND AUTO MECHANICS College Men, Soldiers of Fortune, and Many Youngsters Eager to Enlist. Enlists Many Nervy Fighters. Anxious to Get In, But Too Old.

Feb 10, 1918, Sunday Section: Editorial, Page 20, 2360 words

5. Can the Bankers continue to conduct their profession on the same secure footing, with an abrogation of it in prospect? Must it not cease to be what it has hitherto been -- a business carried on both for their own profit, and for the accommodation of the country? Instead of employing their capital in the usual channels, must they not in self-defence employ it in forming others? Will not the substantial and wealthy withdraw their funds from that species of commerce? And may not the place of these be supplied by men of daring adventure, without corresponding capital, who will take a chance of wealth or ruin in the evolutions of the game?

6. It is possible that our colonies would have reacted on the mother country, bringing freedom and salvation, releasing us from petty preoccupations, and from a life over-regulated by bureaucracy and police, and would have given scope to men of daring and enterprise, lovers of adventure.

7. Looking back on his childhood, Roosevelt felt that he was "nervous and timid," that he had no skill in dealing with boys who were stronger and rougher than himself. He maintained, however, that he had admired men of daring and particularly the soldiers of Valley Forge and Morgan's riflemen. He once said that it had been his prayer "to belong to the fellowship of the doers." More probably, however, these were enthusiasms formed later on and attributed in adult years to boyhood.

8. At all events, on the return in 1870 to the house on Twentieth Street, his father told Teedie that he was a sorry physical specimen and that steps toward health were promptly to be taken. Anna, the older sister, was also unwell, and a gymnasium was constructed on the second floor.