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Woodrow Wilson: I never went into battle; I never was under fire; but I fancy that there are some things just as hard to do as to go…

On the recordMay 10, 1914
I never went into battle; I never was under fire; but I fancy that there are some things just as hard to do as to go under fire.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: "In the Firmament of Memory

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