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Woodrow Wilson: You know that you have not, and the very fact that the force is not ready may make the task you have set for me all the…

On the recordJanuary 28, 1916
You know that you have not, and the very fact that the force is not ready may make the task you have set for me all the more delicate and all the more difficult.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to an Overflow Meeting at Soldiers' Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanis

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