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Europe has sent her habits to us, and she has sent also her political philosophy, a philosophy which has never been purged by the cold bath of practical politics.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Europe has sent her habits to us, and she has sent also her political philosophy, a philosophy which has never been…”
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Wilson critiques the importation of European political philosophies that lack practical grounding in American politics, suggesting a need for critical evaluation.
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