Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... President Wilson , Theodore Roosevelt , and Otto H. Kahn to print speeches included in this book . The Call to Arms , by H. H. Asquith , was in- cluded through permission obtained from The Current History Magazine , published by the New ...
... President Wilson , Theodore Roosevelt , and Otto H. Kahn to print speeches included in this book . The Call to Arms , by H. H. Asquith , was in- cluded through permission obtained from The Current History Magazine , published by the New ...
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... President Wilson . Comment briefly on Britain's attempts to avoid the war . What , according to Asquith , was the predominating motive that led England to ... PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS April 2 , 1917 WHEN 238 H. H. ASQUITH.
... President Wilson . Comment briefly on Britain's attempts to avoid the war . What , according to Asquith , was the predominating motive that led England to ... PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS April 2 , 1917 WHEN 238 H. H. ASQUITH.
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... PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS April 2 , 1917 WHEN the Germans invaded Belgium , Americans were appalled by the ruthless violation of treaties and of the principles of humanity and international law . The suddenness of the ...
... PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS April 2 , 1917 WHEN the Germans invaded Belgium , Americans were appalled by the ruthless violation of treaties and of the principles of humanity and international law . The suddenness of the ...
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... President Wilson , however , still cherished the hope that if America remained neutral the United States might be the means of reconciling the contending powers and thereby saving endless suffering and millions of lives . The President's ...
... President Wilson , however , still cherished the hope that if America remained neutral the United States might be the means of reconciling the contending powers and thereby saving endless suffering and millions of lives . The President's ...
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... President with calmness and dignity delivered what is probably the most momentous Message ever spoken by an American executive . MESSAGE TO CONGRESS April 2 , 1917 WOODROW WILSON 1 GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS : I have called the Con ...
... President with calmness and dignity delivered what is probably the most momentous Message ever spoken by an American executive . MESSAGE TO CONGRESS April 2 , 1917 WOODROW WILSON 1 GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS : I have called the Con ...
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