Read the excerpt from president woodrow wilson’s speech, "war message to congress." neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. which best explains president wilson’s use of the word "autocratic"? read the excerpt from "poetry." i, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine. what is the meaning of the word "contempt" in this context?