President Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election during WWI on the fact that he kept America out of the European quagmire:
"Do our empire!", said the Queen.
Wilson would not agree:
"Yanks do empire? God forbid it.
We cherish Liberty!"
The fat cats wanted British black gold;
Their eyes betrayed a gleam.
"Wilson", they said, "we want their oil!
Let us re-join their team."
"If we did that," he asked choking,
"What befalls Liberty?
British and U.S. partnering
is wrong, you can plainly see.
So let us do it in secret
since folks will not agree.
After the election we'll go
And bring back blood money!"
Experience the early 20th century in Michigan's Upper Peninsula through the artistic camera lens of J.W. Nara, one of the Copper Country's earliest professional photographers. This collection of historic photos brings the "Copper Boom" era back to li
The heroic story of how a small group of people, few of them TB experts, found the cure for the greatest killer in human history. But the battle needed to be extended to all sufferers. Why have we failed to take the miracle to the developing world?
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