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Hastings the justice to say, that, if he had known there was another man more accomplished in all iniquity than Gunga Govind Sing, he would not have given him the first place in his confidence.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke expresses his disdain for Hastings' misplaced trust in a corrupt individual.
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