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Woodrow Wilson: The sweep of agitations set afoot for purposes unfamiliar or uncongenial to the customary popular thought is broken by a…

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The sweep of agitations set afoot for purposes unfamiliar or uncongenial to the customary popular thought is broken by a thousand obstacles.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson discusses the challenges faced by political movements that aim to disrupt established popular thought, highlighting the obstacles they encounter.

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