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In India all the vices operate by which sudden fortune is acquired: in England are often displayed, by the same persons, the virtues which dispense hereditary wealth.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “In India all the vices operate by which sudden fortune is acquired: in England are often displayed, by the same persons…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke contrasts the vices of acquiring wealth in India with the virtues displayed in England.
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