Wilson was a visionary who liked to identify himself with "forward-looking man"; Harding … was as old-fashioned as those wooden Indians which used to stand in front of cigar stores.... Wilson thought in terms of the whole world; Harding was for America first. And, finally, whereas Wilson wanted America to exert itself nobly, Harding wanted to give it a rest.


Only Yesterday, ch. 2, Harper (1931)

Frederick Lewis Allen Quotes

Wilson was a visionary who liked to identify himself with forward-looking man; Harding … was as old-fashioned as those wooden Indians which used to ...

Wilson was a visionary who liked to identify himself with forward-looking man; Harding … was as old-fashioned as those wooden Indians which used to ...

Wilson was a visionary who liked to identify himself with forward-looking man; Harding … was as old-fashioned as those wooden Indians which used to ...

Wilson was a visionary who liked to identify himself with forward-looking man; Harding … was as old-fashioned as those wooden Indians which used to ...