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Edmund Burke: Hastings is his having avowedly looked to such a tyrant and such a usurper as his model, and followed that pernicious…

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Hastings is his having avowedly looked to such a tyrant and such a usurper as his model, and followed that pernicious example with a servile fidelity.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke criticizes Hastings for emulating a tyrant, highlighting the moral implications of leadership.

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