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Because they are helpless and needy and on our hands, must we take them into partnership?
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Because they are helpless and needy and on our hands, must we take them into partnership?”
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Reid questions the moral obligation to take on territories simply because they are in need.
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