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Woodrow Wilson: The needed reaction against the still ‘orthodox’ methods of discoursing upon laws and constitutions, like that already…

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The needed reaction against the still ‘orthodox’ methods of discoursing upon laws and constitutions, like that already set afoot against the ‘orthodox’ political economists, should be a ‘literary movement’--a movement from formalism to life.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson calls for a literary movement to revitalize the study of politics, moving away from rigid formalism.

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