But he is meanly acquainted with either England or India who does not know that England would a thousand times sooner resume population, fertility, and what ought to be the ultimate secretion from both, revenue, than such a country as the Carnatic.
Burke contrasts England's potential for recovery with the challenges faced by the Carnatic, underscoring the differences in their conditions.
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