...words rang then and they will continue ringing for many years to come: The wrongs against which we now array ourselves are no common wrongs; they cut to the very roots of human life. ... I advise that the Congress . . . take immediate steps not only to put the country in a more thorough...

...mankind. It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken. * * * With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical...and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, * * * I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be...

...galleries of the House, in what were perhaps the most momentous words ever uttered within its walls : ' ' With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical...character of the step I am taking, and of the grave responsibility which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty,...

...prevent; that we can not choose the path of submission and are arraying ourselves against wrongs which cut to the very roots of human life. With a profound...the solemn and even tragical character of the step, he advised the Congress to declare the recent course of the German Government to be in effect nothing...

...of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion." "The wrongs against which we now array ourselves are no common wrongs; they cut to the very roots of human life." "We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind." "We are fighting for what we believe and...

...the lustre of American citizenship was restored and Americans could once more hold their heads erect. "With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step" he was taking, the President advised "that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German...

...prevent ; that we can not choose the path of submission and are arraying ourselves against wrongs which cut to the very roots of human life. With a profound...the solemn and even tragical character of the step, he advised the Congress to declare the recent course of the German Government to be in effect nothing...

...worth while to give them in full. The President stated : With a profound sense of the solemn, even the tragical character of the step I am taking and of...what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than...

...violated. The wrongs against which we now array ourselves are no common wrongs; they cut to the verv roots of human life. With a profound sense of the...the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in "nhesitating obedience tn what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the...

...and a dedicated pacifist. sat with his arms folded and his mouth grimly set. Wilson acknowledged his "profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking." The words "solemn," "tragic," and "grave," cropped up again and again in ways that lent a somber beauty...