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Woodrow Wilson: A people is but the attempt of many To rise to the completer life of one; And those who live as models for the mass Are…

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A people is but the attempt of many To rise to the completer life of one; And those who live as models for the mass Are singly of more value than they all.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson reflects on the value of individual contributions to the collective life of a society.

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