Twain and ex-President Harrison holding the 'North American Review:' "Presently came the Philippine temptation.
It was strong; it was too strong, and he made that bad mistake. He played the European game, the Chamberlain game." Mark Twain.
"Let us not be a world-power in any save the good old sense -- that of a nation capable of protecting in all seas
the just rights of it's [sic] citizens, and incapable everywhere of wanton infringement of the autonomy of nations." ex-President Harrison
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