Whitelaw Reid: “Whithersoever we turn now, we must do it with the burden of our late…”

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Whithersoever we turn now, we must do it with the burden of our late acts to carry, the responsibility of our new position to assume.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid discusses the responsibilities that come with America's new global position.

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Whitelaw Reid: “Whithersoever we turn now, we must do it with the burden of our late acts to carry, the responsibility of our new…”