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Albert Beveridge: Thus Europe, and especially the United Kingdom, conceived for Americans that profound contempt which was to endure for…

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Thus Europe, and especially the United Kingdom, conceived for Americans that profound contempt which was to endure for generations.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge reflects on the historical perception of Americans by Europeans.

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