...rights as we see them and a more Immediate association with the great struggle itself. • • • We are provincials no longer. The tragical events...can be no turning back. Our own fortunes as a nation arc involved, whether we would have it so or not. And yet we are not the less Americans on that account....

...51. selfish purpose and we covet the opportunity to prove that our professions are sincere. M , . . We are provincials no longer. The tragical events...are involved, whether we would have it so or not. if And yet we are not the less Americans on that account. We shall be the more American if we but remain...

...things. They will follow in the immediate wake of the war itself and will set civilization 20 up again. We are provincials no longer. The tragical events...nation are involved, whether we would have it so or 25 not. And yet we are not the less Americans on that account. We shall be the more American if we...

...the war itself, and set civilization up again. Wre are provincials no longer. The tragical events of thirty months of vital turmoil through which we have...it so or not, and yet we are not the less Americans if we but remain true to the principles in which we have been bred. They are not the principles of...

...declared. "They will follow in the immediate wake of the war itself and will set civilization up again. We are provincials no longer. The tragical events...are involved, whether we would have it so or not.'' He pointed out [240] again the things we would stand for in peace or in war. Upon such a platform we...

...was taken from Woodrow Wilson's Second Inaugural Address, March 5, 1917: "The tragic events of ... turmoil through which we have just passed have made...are involved, whether we would have it so or not." In Boston, two programs called the "Woodrow Wilson Centennial Meeting" were broadcast over station...

...future" (p. 203). In the face of the events of World War I: "We are provincials no longer. The tragic events of the thirty months of vital turmoil through...nation are involved whether we would have it so or not" (p. 204). The war prompted Wilson to constitute "the people" in a new way, as citizens of the world....

...address, following summary statements about his administration's achievements, the president declares: "The tragical events of the thirty months of vital...are involved, whether we would have it so or not." Mesopotamia. General Maude resumes the advance toward Baghdad, where the Turks are furiously digging...

...Capitol to deliver his second inaugural address. There, referring to the conflict in Europe, he had said, "Our own fortunes as a nation are involved, whether we would have it so or not." But still the President had waited; he did not ask for a declaration of war. Wilson had waited so long...

...to be the war to end all wars. Wilson would typically say, as he did in March 1917 118 "The tragic events of the thirty months of vital turmoil through...are involved, whether we would have it so or not" (Griffin, 1995, p. 243). Remember, the British continued to nurture the vision of the world being ruled...