The fundamental alteration of that plan in India might require another of a very different kind in England, which the arrangements taken in consequence of the first might make it difficult, if not impossible, to execute.
Burke warns that changes in trade plans in India could complicate arrangements in England, emphasizing the interconnectedness of governance and commerce.
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But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.
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