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We were content to abide by the rivalries of manufacture, science and commerce that were involved for us in her success, and stand or fall as we had or did not have the brains and the initiative to surpass her.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “We were content to abide by the rivalries of manufacture, science and commerce that were involved for us in her success…”
Editor's note · Context
Wilson expresses a willingness to compete with Germany in various fields rather than oppose its success.
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