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Edmund Burke: “If, when you attempted to extract revenue from Bengal, you were obliged to return in loan what you had taken in…”

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If, when you attempted to extract revenue from Bengal, you were obliged to return in loan what you had taken in imposition, what can you expect from North America?
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Edmund Burke

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Burke questions the feasibility of extracting revenue from North America, drawing parallels to past failures in Bengal.

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