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Woodrow Wilson: “Men were fighting with tense muscles and lowered heads until they came to realize those things.”

On the recordFebruary 23, 1919
Men were fighting with tense muscles and lowered heads until they came to realize those things.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address Following Arrival from the Paris Peace Conference in Boston, Massachusetts

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