On the record
Hastings enjoyed that happy repose which branded peculation, fixed and eternized upon the records of the Company, must leave upon a mind conscious of its own integrity.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke reflects on the psychological impact of corruption on a person in power, despite their claims of integrity.
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