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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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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.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke praises a gentleman's ability to provide for the needs of the people in India.

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