Quote by Woodrow Wilson
It was a very lonely spirit that looked out from underneath those

It was a very lonely spirit that looked out from underneath those shaggy brows and comprehended men without fully communing with them, as if in spite of all its genial efforts at comradeship, it dwelt apart, saw its visions of duty where no man looked on. – Woodrow Wilson

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It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true. – Woodrow Wilson

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There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath. – Woodrow Wilson

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