One should not comment on the actual motivating factor of the whole expedition, for if we were completely honest it is greed [Geldgier] which has enc… - Helmuth von Moltke the Younger

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One should not comment on the actual motivating factor of the whole expedition, for if we were completely honest it is greed [Geldgier] which has encouraged us to cut into the big Chinese cake. We wanted to earn money, build railways, run mines, bring European culture, that means in one word, earn money. In this we are not an ounce better than the English in the Transvaal.