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But the payment of a tribute, and not a beneficial commerce to that country, wore this specious and delusive appearance.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But the payment of a tribute, and not a beneficial commerce to that country, wore this specious and delusive appearance.”
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Burke critiques the illusion of beneficial commerce in colonial India, emphasizing the exploitative nature of tribute payments.
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