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If they had been financially interested in giving in a sound report as to the progress of the war, a sound report we should have had.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgIf they had been financially interested in giving in a sound report as to the progress of the war, a sound report we should have had.
Bagehot suggests that financial interests could have influenced the accuracy of reports during wartime.
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