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These officers found means to turn the royal bounty into an instrument of becoming independent of its authority.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “These officers found means to turn the royal bounty into an instrument of becoming independent of its authority.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that certain officers manipulated royal resources to gain independence from the crown's authority.
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