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Woodrow Wilson: But through the mighty influences of commerce and the press the world itself has become a school.

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But through the mighty influences of commerce and the press the world itself has become a school.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson posits that commerce and the press have transformed the world into a vast educational environment.

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