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Plainly it is idle now, in a government so purely dependent on the popular will, to scheme or hope for giving the Philippine task over to other hands as soon as order is restored.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid argues against the idea of transferring responsibility for the Philippines to another power after order is restored.
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