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Woodrow Wilson: “It is delightful to feel how the voice of one people speaks to another through the mouth of men who have by some gift of…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1919
It is delightful to feel how the voice of one people speaks to another through the mouth of men who have by some gift of God been lifted above the common level and seen the light of humanity.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Municipalite in Genoa, Italy

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