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Bring in at the end of this year and this year of discussion. As you know, one of the worlds great Woodrow Wilson experts, one of the two great Woodrow Wilson experts teaches on our faculty. As professor tom not, the other is tony smith. Choose my words very carefully, i found that in the age of trump, it is important to choose your words carefully so i want to tell you why i consider them to be both wilson experts but of a different quality. To my mind, thats not has done more than anyone to tell us what Woodrow Wilson had to deal with, to tell us the history and the moment of Woodrow Wilson, twotime what he confronted and have you confronted it in the world if you live 10. Professor tony smith has done more than anything to tell us why this matters. President since wilson, it has not been a question of whether there will some in but how much and the question that animated Woodrow Wilson, those of democracy and promotion, so much of the subject of his book and work tonight continues t
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