Horace Walpole/later Life - 1768-1788

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    The prosecution of [Warren] Hastings, though he should escape at last, must have good effect. It will alarm the servants of the Company in India, that they may not always plunder with impunity, but that there may be a retrospect; and it will show them that even bribes of diamonds to the Crown may not secure them from prosecution.
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    Lord Bath used to say of women, who are apt to say that they will follow their own judgment, that they could not follow a worse guide.
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