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Woodrow Wilson: “Germany's success by skill, by industry, by knowledge, by enterprise we did not grudge or oppose, but admired, rather.”

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Germany's success by skill, by industry, by knowledge, by enterprise we did not grudge or oppose, but admired, rather.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson acknowledges Germany's achievements in trade and industry, which he admired rather than opposed.

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