But if it were, is not that readiness to engage in wars, which distinguishes them, and for which the Committee of Secrecy has so branded their politics, founded on the falsest principles of mercantile speculation?
Burke critiques the Company's readiness to engage in wars based on flawed mercantile principles.
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