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Edmund Burke: They have no more social habits with the people than if they still resided in England,--nor, indeed, any species of…

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They have no more social habits with the people than if they still resided in England,--nor, indeed, any species of intercourse, but that which is necessary to making a sudden fortune, with a view to a remote settlement.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke points out the exploitative nature of English interactions with Indian society.

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