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He had ravaged the country, without obtaining any benefit for his masters: the British soldiers having divided the only spoil, and nothing remaining for the share of his employers but disgrace.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke criticizes the British military's actions in India, highlighting the lack of benefit for the British East India Company.
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