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Nothing establishes the republican state save trained capacity for self-government, practical aptitude for public affairs, habitual soberness and temperateness of united action.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Nothing establishes the republican state save trained capacity for self-government, practical aptitude for public…”
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Wilson emphasizes the necessity of self-governance and public aptitude for a republic.
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