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Woodrow Wilson: The evidences of world-wide unrest which manifest themselves in violence throughout the world bid us pause and consider…

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The evidences of world-wide unrest which manifest themselves in violence throughout the world bid us pause and consider the means to be found to stop the spread of this contagious thing before it saps the very vitality of the nation itself.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson highlights the urgency of addressing global unrest to protect national vitality.

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