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Woodrow Wilson: Democracy in America, on the other hand, and in the English colonies has had, almost from the first, a truly organic…

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Democracy in America, on the other hand, and in the English colonies has had, almost from the first, a truly organic growth.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson reflects on the organic development of democracy in America and its colonies.

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