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Woodrow Wilson: We want American character to display itself in what I may perhaps be allowed to call spiritual efficiency.

On the recordJanuary 28, 1916
We want American character to display itself in what I may perhaps be allowed to call spiritual efficiency.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address At Soldiers' Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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