by G. J. Meyer
He was, as he insisted, never: Widenor, Henry Cabot Lodge, 312.
“get the political scalps”: PWW, 64:43.
“You were good enough to bring me”: PWW, 64:58.
“to subject American labor”: Cooper, Breaking, 219.
“the crushing of the German”: Ibid., 234.
“a very grave misfortune”: Ibid., 268.
“For God’s sake…can’t something”: Ibid.
Aftermath: “Now It Is All Over”
“there are many reasons why”: George and George, Wilson and House, 193.
House’s offers to help in any possible: Ibid., 304.
When an Armistice Day parade by two local: Ackerman, Young J. Edgar, 124.
That same month also brought: Kennedy, Over Here, 279.
Four days before Christmas: Ackerman, Young J. Edgar, 161.
He would fail in this: Kennedy, Over Here, 87
Some five thousand men and women: Fleming, Illusion of Victory, 439.
President Wilson had by this time: Weinstein, Medical and Psychological, 357.
The country was too big and diverse: Fleming, Illusion of Victory, 440.
“a petulant and sick man”: Link, Wilson: Revolution, 126.
(“What did Mrs. Galt do when”): Fleming, Illusion of Victory, 441.
His principal qualifications appear: Berg, Wilson, 681.
“in effect a nullification”: Widenor, Henry Cabot Lodge, 346.
“There never was a moment”: Berg, Wilson, 649.
“told Palmer not to let”: Ackerman, Young J. Edgar, 204.
Newspaper stories began: Ibid., 283.
He said that May 1—May Day: Fleming, Illusion of Victory, 458.
A final blow came on May 28: Ackerman, Young J. Edgar, 309.
“the [Democratic] convention may”: Levin, Edith and Woodrow, 442.
Upon returning to the East, Cox: Fleming, Illusion of Victory, 460.
Seven weeks before the election: Feuerlicht, Reign of Terror, 107.
They were sometimes shocked: Levin, Edith and Woodrow, 488.
“This man was a traitor”: Peterson, Opponents of War, 277.
“a good hater”: Baker, Woodrow Wilson, 552.
“My separation from Woodrow”: IPH, 4:518.
“any seemly program to lessen”: Cooper, Warrior, 395.
“Tumulty will sulk for a few days”: Ibid., 720.
“has to hate someone”: Ibid., 721.
“We were all of us in our”: Cooper, Breaking, 352.
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Navy recruitment parade, 1917 LC-B2-4255-2
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