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All this vast mass, composed of so many orders and classes of men, is again infinitely diversified by manners, by religion, by hereditary employment, through all their possible combinations.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke emphasizes the complexity and diversity of Indian society, highlighting the various classes and cultures present.
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