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Paris, May l3,-Pr9sident Wilson, n
IN address to the French academy "a
moral and politician ~sciences, entered
strong disclaimer Or tho idsA that
b American people were largeay ma.
.E&ertaltsts or dollar WcrShiper1 sss.ssssS
~ have had I scent month"; Son4
very deep sense of privilege, 4 the Eprssl-
dent said. Il have been keSnly4aWare
that thsre have been@timSae whenE tho
peoplee acffEcurope hGxs nstsunderst0o4
the pe0plego OF the United States. We
have been too often supposed TO HAYS
been devoted chiefly, X not entfrei1. t6ae
material enterprises. We have been
pupposed in the common phrase d
worship h almighty dollar 3sS
We have accumulated wealth.g sir:
we have devoted spurseiNes TO 1nnaterlaI
enterprises with extraordinary success
but there has underlain all OF that, all
n time, q common OF humanity.
and g common sympathy with the high
principles 81 justice which haSiN never
grown dim In the field Of every enter
prise, n It IL my very great Joy IN
these recent months to interpret tn
people OF the United States to the
people OF the world. 81
81 ave not done more sir. I hav2
not uttered In my public capacity nv
W private thoughts. I have uttered
What havs known to be the thoughts
or the great people whom I represent.
l have uttered the things that have
been stored up in their hearts and purl
poses from the time Of our birth as
nation III
1t was at this point that the presi-
dent made his declaration that thsI
American people who came mo the
world consecrated to liberty were
ready to cast in their lot In common
with tn lot Of those whose liberty 10
threatened whenever the cause Of lib
erty was seen to be imperilled.
Spirit Of u. s.
This Is the spirit Of the people Of
the United States" he continued. and
they have been privileged to send a.
900, 900 men v here to tell yo 80. Il
has been the great privilege not merely,
to tell you so in words. but to tell y9u
SO in men and material. the pouring
out of their wealth and the shielding
of their blood" 5sf ~
President Wilson alluded to his
studies In the field OF political science
and Of the attempts she had made TO
,put into the words of learning the
Thought Of q nation, h attitude of q
people toward public affairs" He con-
tinued: Sf
Attacks Germans.
"a great many OF my colleagues In
a = 49, To- 80 To-,
ing even in political science, as so amy
men In civil circles did, In German uni
.versities. I have been obliged at r.
ious times to read a great deal Of bad
German, difficult German. awkward
German, and I have been aware hat
the thought was as awkward as the
phrase, that the thought was rooted
in a fundamental misconceptions of the
state and of political life Of peoples.
1t has been a portion of my effort to
disengage the thought of American uni
versity teachers from the misguided
instructions which they had received
on this side of the sea. Their American
shirt anticipated most Of them, as a
matter of course. but the form OF
thought sometimes misled them.
These Germans speak too often OF
a state as a thing which would ignore
lHS lHdlfioQa1pa o q llllilS WHICH 10 Priv
ileged to dominate the fortunes Of men
by a sort ot :n.ierent and sacred au-
thority- .AsaR
Nov. rs - utter democrat, I havA
never t-en bic to accept that KEW Of
the state. My view of the state is that
It must stop and listen to what 1 have
to say, no matter how humble l am
and that each mar has tie right to
have his voice heard and his council
needed, insofar az 1t is worthy of him
Freedom Of Speech.
Il have always been among those
who believe that the greatest freedom
of speech was the greatest safety. be-
cause If a man is a fool the best thing
to do is to encourage him to advertise
the fact by speaking. 1t cannot be sc
easily discovered If you allow him tc
remain silent and look wise. If you LEI
him speak, the secret is out n the
world knows that he is q fool.
$50 it is by exposure OF folly tina.
it is defeated; not by the seclusion OF
folly, and in this free air of free speech
men get into that sort of communica-
ton with one another, which consti-
tutes the basis of all common achieve
ment. France through many vicissi-
tudes and through many bitter expert
ences found the way to this scort OF
freedom" ..
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