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Woodrow Wilson: “I was saying a little while ago at the monument to Columbus that he did a great thing, greater even than was realized at…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1919
I was saying a little while ago at the monument to Columbus that he did a great thing, greater even than was realized at the time it was done.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Central Train Station in Milan, Italy

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