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In looking only for grave political facts he may overlook some apparently trivial outlying detail which contains the very secret he would guess.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “In looking only for grave political facts he may overlook some apparently trivial outlying detail which contains the…”
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Wilson argues that focusing solely on significant political facts can lead to missing important cultural details.
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