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I shall undertake to show that upon two others the inordinate profits given, with the losses incurred in order to secure those profits, would pay a year's dividend more.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I shall undertake to show that upon two others the inordinate profits given, with the losses incurred in order to secure…”
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Burke asserts that he can demonstrate how certain profits could cover additional dividends.
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