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If you know what you are looking for and are not expecting to find it advertised in the newspapers, but lying somewhere beneath the surface of things, the dullest fool may often help you to its discovery.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “If you know what you are looking for and are not expecting to find it advertised in the newspapers, but lying somewhere…”
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Wilson emphasizes the importance of looking beyond surface appearances to discover deeper truths in politics.
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