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Roughly cast up even that result, and say whether it is a value which the United States should throw away as not worth considering!
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Roughly cast up even that result, and say whether it is a value which the United States should throw away as not worth…”
Editor's note · Context
Reid challenges the notion of dismissing the value of trade results in the context of U.S. interests.
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