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Whitelaw Reid: She intervened too, under far less provocation, it must be admitted, and for a cause rather more commercial than…

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She intervened too, under far less provocation, it must be admitted, and for a cause rather more commercial than humanitarian.
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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid notes that England intervened in Egypt for commercial reasons, contrasting it with humanitarian motives.

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