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 difficulty to establish its roots in the soil. Indiscriminately the old became confounded with the new till cause and effect seemed indistinguishable the one from the other. Yet beneath the surface the new seed had already been planted in every soil, and the tender shoots were raising their heads among the weeds.

We commemorate today Woodrow Wilson’s part in this planting of the seed for it is one in which Americans and every Czechoslovak can feel proud.