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Woodrow Wilson: For, my friends, the real fruition of life is to do the thing we have said we wished to do.

On the recordMay 29, 1917
For, my friends, the real fruition of life is to do the thing we have said we wished to do.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery

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