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If ever there was a time when Bengal should have had respite from internal revolutions, it was this.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If ever there was a time when Bengal should have had respite from internal revolutions, it was this.”
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Burke emphasizes the need for stability in Bengal during a time of internal turmoil.
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