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From that moment forward it is not the Englishman, it is the black banian, that is the master.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “From that moment forward it is not the Englishman, it is the black banian, that is the master.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke notes the shift in power dynamics, indicating that the local banian becomes the true master over the Englishman.
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