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Woodrow Wilson: Nothing which elucidates that life ought to be reckoned foreign to its art; and no true picture of that life can ever…

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Nothing which elucidates that life ought to be reckoned foreign to its art; and no true picture of that life can ever perish out of literature.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson argues that literature must reflect and preserve the essence of human life.

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