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Woodrow Wilson: They do not know what the purposes are that are running through the hearts and minds of the people of this great…

On the recordSeptember 10, 1919
They do not know what the purposes are that are running through the hearts and minds of the people of this great country.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Opera House (Marlow Theater) in Helena, Montana

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