But the success is no part of my consideration, who should think just the same of this business, if the spoil of one rajah had been fully acquired, and faithfully applied to the destruction of twenty other rajahs.
Burke argues that the moral implications of the actions taken against one Rajah would remain unchanged regardless of the outcome.
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