Democracy Today: An American Interpretation

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Contents

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Lincoln — Gettysburg Address 17

Lowell — Democracy 19 |, '

Appendix

Lloyd George — The Meaning of America 's Entrance ^ INTO THE War 219

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CONTENTS

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Lincoln — Gettysburg Address. 17

Lowell — ^Democracy 19 ^

Cleveland— The lidTESSAGE or Washington 49

Roosevelt — Our Responsibilities as a Nation 59

Wilson — The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence ; 6:i

Wilson — The American of Foreign Birth 75-^ •

Wilson — America First 81

Wilson — The School of Citizenship . .. i 90

Wilson — Abraham Lincoln 96 -

Wilson — A World League for Peace 102

Wilson — Message to Congress ^'\'^

Wilson — ^Request for a Grant of Power 119

Wilson — ^War Message 126

Wilson — ^Flag Day Address 141'

Wilson — Reply to the Pope 1 r>i

Lane — ^Why We Are at War 1 56

Root — The Duties of the Citizen 1 63

Wilson — ^What Democracy Means 182 <^

Wilson — Second War Message 194

Wilson-^Program of the World 's Peace 209

Appendix

Lloyd George — The Meaning of America's Entrance ^ . INTO THE War -19

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