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Compared with the fate of Herat , the future of Cabul - because it is more certain - is unimportant . Whenever we please to take it , Cabul is ours ; but are we to have and to hold Herat ? And if not , who is to hold Herat ?
Compared with the fate of Herat , the future of Cabul - because it is more certain - is unimportant . Whenever we please to take it , Cabul is ours ; but are we to have and to hold Herat ? And if not , who is to hold Herat ?
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But I shall not , however , hastily believe that Russia would observe a British occupation of Herat with perfect tranquillity . Russia has all the barren land upon the Caspian , and at the head of all that is fertile stands Herat ...
But I shall not , however , hastily believe that Russia would observe a British occupation of Herat with perfect tranquillity . Russia has all the barren land upon the Caspian , and at the head of all that is fertile stands Herat ...
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The question of questions , it seems to me , for us now , in regard to Central Asia , is— “ Should there be no peace with Afghanistan , shall we go on to seize and to hold Herat in hostility to the native population ? " .
The question of questions , it seems to me , for us now , in regard to Central Asia , is— “ Should there be no peace with Afghanistan , shall we go on to seize and to hold Herat in hostility to the native population ? " .
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