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Thanks to the awakening in America, thanks to the forces that are at work to chase out the degenerating, demoralizing passion for territorial aggrandizement from the noble American mind and save it for itself and the world at large from the cancer of Imperialism.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar critiques American imperialism and calls for a moral awakening in the nation.

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