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Woodrow Wilson: His sentences cannot retain the stiff joints of logic; it would be death to them to wear the chains of formal statement…

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His sentences cannot retain the stiff joints of logic; it would be death to them to wear the chains of formal statement; they must take leave to deck themselves with eloquence.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson describes the need for eloquence and creativity in writing, rather than rigid logic.

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