The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and…

Woodrow Wilson
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The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves. ✨ Woodrow Wilson (2015). Wilson, Volume V: Campaigns for Progressivism and Peace, 1916-1917, p.368, Princeton University Press
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The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves. ✨ Woodrow Wilson (2015). Wilson, Volume V: Campaigns for Progressivism and Peace, 1916-1917, p.368, Princeton University Press

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