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Woodrow Wilson: They cannot build in the air and then escape chagrin because men only gaze at their structures, and will not live in…

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They cannot build in the air and then escape chagrin because men only gaze at their structures, and will not live in them.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson critiques the impracticality of political theorists who fail to engage with real-world implications.

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