Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-presidentNYU Press, 2006 - Всего страниц: 429 From the Ivy League to the oval office, Woodrow Wilson was the only professional scholar to become a U.S. president. A professor of history and political science, Wilson became the dynamic president of Princeton University in 1902 and was one of its most prolific scholars before entering active politics. Through his labors as student, scholar, and statesman, he left a legacy of elegant writings on everything from educational reform to religion to history and politics. |
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... tion , but the cultivation of a breadth of intellect and molding of character . In chapter 3 , writings from Wilson's early thought on education , as ex- pressed in “ True Scholarship ” ( 1877 ) , through an essay at the close of his ...
... tion and tempting invitations. Johns Hopkins asked him to accept a chair; the universities of Illinois and Virginia invited him to take the presidency. He was flattered by the attention, but his ties to Princeton were strong, and the ...
... tion on the hot monetary dispute of the 1890s. He was concerned about the great power of the trusts, but skeptical about giving the government too much power. A firmly committed Democrat, he opposed the high tariffs protectively ...
... tion intensified, Wilson grew more firmly committed to his plan. He dis- missed suggestions for compromise. He was convinced that the respect he enjoyed and his powers of persuasion would win approval for his scheme in the end. This ...
... tion . For his part , Wilson again resisted all efforts of the less passionate to work a settlement . In June 1910 , the trustees , too tempted by still more pledges of money for West's plan , decided on the off - campus site . This new ...
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On Education and Scholarship | 106 |
The Historian | 147 |
The Political Scientist | 218 |
New Jersey Politics | 313 |
Road to the White House | 341 |
The New Freedom | 349 |
Appeal to Republicans | 356 |
President Wilson | 366 |
at Pueblo Colorado | 411 |
About the Editor | 429 |