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Woodrow Wilson: We come not for their sakes but for our own, in order that we may drink at the same springs of inspiration from which…

On the recordMay 29, 1914
We come not for their sakes but for our own, in order that we may drink at the same springs of inspiration from which they themselves selves drank.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Memorial Day Address

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