Leader in WWI, he set a tone of idealism in American foreign policy. Interestingly, he typed many of his own policy papers and letters as President, using a small typewriter in the personal quarters of the White House. Autograph letters are not uncommon.
Dated 1915
Text, notes and edits demonstrate America's foreign policy architect at work
He laments "the fact that there is no special and permanent provision in our course of study for instruction in American history..."
“The men in the trenches...will return to their homes...and...will demand real thinking and sincere action.”
Signed as President
Cited in his biography, this letter secured him the gubernatorial nomination
He sees an eventual return to the “spirit and the principles which characterized our people throughout the great war”
Written on His Honeymoon With Edith
“For myself, I sincerely desire and have tried to deserve the support of all progressive, forward-looking men.”
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