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Generous emotions sometimes sweep whole peoples, but, happily, evil passions, sinister views, base purposes, do not and cannot.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Generous emotions sometimes sweep whole peoples, but, happily, evil passions, sinister views, base purposes, do not and…”
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Wilson contrasts the sweeping nature of generous emotions with the limited impact of negative passions.
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