There is, indeed, no doubt either of his guilt, or of the consequences of it, by which he has extinguished the last expiring hope and glimpse that remained of procuring a remedy for India of the evils that exist in it.
Burke condemns the actions of Hastings, asserting that his guilt has extinguished hope for reform in India.
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