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He may admire self-government so much as to forget that it is a very coarse, homely thing when alive, and so may really never know anything valuable about it.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “He may admire self-government so much as to forget that it is a very coarse, homely thing when alive, and so may really…”
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Wilson reflects on the raw and complex nature of self-government, which may be misunderstood by idealists.
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