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Woodrow Wilson: There is plenty of the old vitality in our national character to tell, if we will but give it leave.

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There is plenty of the old vitality in our national character to tell, if we will but give it leave.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson asserts that there is still significant vitality in the national character waiting to be expressed.

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