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On the recordMay 10, 1914
We are expected to put the utmost energy of every power that we have into the service of our fellow-men, never sparing ourselves, not condescending to think of what is going to happen to ourselves, but ready, if need be, to go to the utter length of complete self-sacrifice.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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