Gordon’s argument for this unhappy proceeding was that, the object of his mission being to get out of the country and leave them to their independence, he could have put no sharper spur into them to make them organise their own government.
John Morley reflects on Gordon's rationale for his actions in the Sudan, emphasizing the unintended consequences of his mission.
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