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The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

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Woodrow Wilson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1856
Born: December 28
Died: 1924
Died: February 23
28Th U.S. President
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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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