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Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.

Jul 12, 1916

I have come here for the simple purpose of expressing my very deep interest in what these conferences are intended to attain.

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Jul 12, 1916

No nation can live without vision, and no vision will exalt a nation except the vision of real liberty and real justice and purity of conduct.

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Jul 12, 1916

No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.

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Jul 12, 1916

It is not fair to the great multitudes of hopeful men and women who press into this country from other countries that we should leave them without that friendly and intimate instruction which will enable them very soon after they come to…

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Jul 12, 1916

The most that America can hope to do is to show, it may be, the finest example, not the only example, of the things that ought to benefit and promote the progress of the world.

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Jul 12, 1916

Loyalty means that you ought to be ready to sacrifice every interest that you have, and your life itself, if your country calls upon you to do so.

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Jul 10, 1916

the minimum of $25.00 on each lot sold for less than $50.00 must be paid in cash within the time hereinafter specified, and if the price bid is $50.00 or more, one-half of the bid price must be paid in cash within said specified time and…

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Jul 10, 1916

NO lot will be sold for less than $25.00, and no bid exceeding that amount will be accepted unless made in multiples of five dollars;

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Jul 10, 1916

upon failure to pay any installment on or before the day the same becomes due, all rights under this application, together with the payments theretofore made, may be forfeited to the United States by the Secretary of the Interior.

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Jul 9, 1916

The great difficulty that has confronted us, gentlemen, has often been that we have deliberately looked at these common interests from self-chosen angles, which made them look as if some of us were separated from others.

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