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In the case of the Philippines, there were just two things that we could do which would have been worse than leaving them under Spanish rule.
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gutenberg.orgIn the case of the Philippines, there were just two things that we could do which would have been worse than leaving them under Spanish rule.
Roosevelt reflects on the limited options available for the Philippines that would have been worse than Spanish rule.
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