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There was genuine reluctance to take the steps which recent circumstances and the national committals for half a century made almost unavoidable in the Sandwich Islands.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “There was genuine reluctance to take the steps which recent circumstances and the national committals for half a century…”
Editor's note · Context
Reid describes the reluctance of the American public to annex the Sandwich Islands despite political pressures.
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