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Woodrow Wilson: They may only confuse and paralyze the mind with their myriad stinging lashes of excitement.

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They may only confuse and paralyze the mind with their myriad stinging lashes of excitement.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson critiques the overwhelming nature of modern stimuli on the human mind.

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