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Woodrow Wilson: “We should encourage such training and make it a means of discipline which our young men will learn to value.”

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We should encourage such training and make it a means of discipline which our young men will learn to value.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson believes that training young men in military skills should be encouraged as a means of discipline.

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