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Hastings has found out that this very coercive clause, which was made in order to enable his superiors to get at him and punish him for bribery, is a license for him to receive bribes.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques Hastings for misinterpreting a clause intended to punish bribery as a justification for it.
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