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This was a great, useful, and momentous accession of territory and of revenue: and we got it with honor; for not one of our allies were sacrificed by this treaty.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke reflects on the benefits of a treaty that expanded territory and revenue without sacrificing allies.
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