But this gentleman, a subject, may this day say this at least with truth,--that he secures the rice in his pot to every man in India.
Edmund Burke: “But this gentleman, a subject, may this day say this at least with truth,--that he secures the rice in his pot to every…”
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Burke praises a gentleman's ability to provide for the needs of the people in India.
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