Carolina QuotesOf course, like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Letter to Winterton C. Curtis (29 August 1922)
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- letter
- work
- 1920s and later
- year
- 1922
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