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In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
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gutenberg.orgWilliam McKinley: “In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right…”
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McKinley appeals to humanitarian and civilizational principles to justify intervention in Cuba.
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