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The national prestige is enormously increased, and trade follows prestige--especially in the farther East.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “The national prestige is enormously increased, and trade follows prestige--especially in the farther East.”
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Reid claims that national prestige leads to increased trade, particularly in the East.
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