05/14/1916
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"We can not with honor reverse it now."
"I can not conceive a motive adequate to hold men off from this thing."
"We are the trustees of humanity, and we must see that we redeem the pledges which are always implicit in so great a trusteeship."
"I take leave to say, more critical than has ever been known during the history of the United States."