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Woodrow Wilson: The test of every American must always be, not where he is, but what he is.

On the recordSeptember 3, 1916
The test of every American must always be, not where he is, but what he is.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address at Hodgenville, Kentucky: Lincoln's Beginnings

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