The question therefore is, Shall we see it through or shall we now at this most critical juncture of the whole transaction turn away from our associates in the war and decline to complete and fulfill our sacred promise to mankind?
Woodrow Wilson: “The question therefore is, Shall we see it through or shall we now at this most critical juncture of the whole…”
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Address at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah
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