On the recordSeptember 8, 1919
We have got to be either provincials or statesmen.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWe have got to be either provincials or statesmen.
Address at the University of Minnesota Armory in Minneapolis
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Licenses heretofore required for the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of certain necessaries are hereby cancelled, effective November 15, 1920.
By this faith, and by this faith alone, can the world be lifted out of its present confusion and despair.
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