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The means of letting the natives into the benefit of the improved system of produce was likely to be counteracted by the general ill conduct of the Company's concerns abroad.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The means of letting the natives into the benefit of the improved system of produce was likely to be counteracted by the…”
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Burke warns that the benefits of an improved system may be undermined by poor management abroad.
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