10/11/1917
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"America has a character as distinct as the character of any individual amongst us."
"I have not grudged a single burden that has been thrown upon me with that end in view."
"We are counting upon you to maintain unsullied and unquestioned the honor and integrity of the United States;"
"Why, no voice has ever come to any public man more audibly, more unmistakably, than the voice of this great people has come to me."