Excerpt from American Democracy From Washington to Wilson: Addresses and State Papers; Edited With an Introduction Some of President Wilson's addresses had already been very thoroughly annotated by various professors (see names in the notes) and issued by the Committee on Public Information at Washington. Permission to use these has been very graciously granted by that body. By keeping the texts Of the addresses at the beginning and placing all biographical material and notes at the back of the volume, the editor feels that the double pur pose is served of presenting a work to those who merely wish to read the-greatest Of the public addresses in the period covered from Washington to Wilson, and to students who wish to make a more thorough study of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.