Muraveisky kept the praise of the Russian government's refusal to reap profits from alcohol sale in Siberia, so contrary to the unscrupulousness of British opium-sellers.
Though he has admired their imperial achievements, Goncharov now feels the need to differentiate the Russian empire from its suddenly hostile rivals, especially after witnessing their unscrupulousness toward the Chinese.
No lower estimate could have vindicated the indefatigable zeal with which she scratched, and her unscrupulousness in digging up the choicest flower or vegetable, for the sake of the fat earthworm at its root.