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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Straight Deal by Owen Wister: Monroe consulted Jefferson, and Jefferson wrote what we have seen. That,
stripped of every encumbering circumstance, is the story of the Monroe
Doctrine. Ever since that day the Monroe Doctrine has rested upon the
broad back of the British Navy. This has been no secret to our leading
historians, our authoritative writers on diplomacy, and our educated and
thinking public men. But they have not generally been eager to mention
it; and as to our school textbooks, none that I studied mentioned it at
all.
Chapter XI: Some Family Scraps
Do not suppose because I am reminding you of these things and shall
remind you of some more, that I am trying to make you hate France. I am
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