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... practice , however , the communication being now so speedy , and the inconvenience of reversal of accom- plished acts so great , it has happened , as I have already stated , that most measures of importance ( wars ex- cepted ) are ...
... practice , however , the communication being now so speedy , and the inconvenience of reversal of accom- plished acts so great , it has happened , as I have already stated , that most measures of importance ( wars ex- cepted ) are ...
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... practice would from time to time be added to matured experience ; the assistance of jurists , too , would be more accessible than in India ; and a very efficient government might be formed . It is true that men might hardly be the same ...
... practice would from time to time be added to matured experience ; the assistance of jurists , too , would be more accessible than in India ; and a very efficient government might be formed . It is true that men might hardly be the same ...
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... practice . I would transfer the executive direction of the minor presidencies and the management of details to the Supreme Government in India . I would remedy the evils which have hitherto accrued from continual and minute references ...
... practice . I would transfer the executive direction of the minor presidencies and the management of details to the Supreme Government in India . I would remedy the evils which have hitherto accrued from continual and minute references ...
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... practice a sort of ex - officio committee composed of the Chairman , Deputy Chairman , and Senior Director . * It appears that this power of the Board has been very freely exercised . The Affghan war , the occupation of Scinde , † the ...
... practice a sort of ex - officio committee composed of the Chairman , Deputy Chairman , and Senior Director . * It appears that this power of the Board has been very freely exercised . The Affghan war , the occupation of Scinde , † the ...
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... practice is an exceedingly bad one , and very unfair to the Directors . The fact is , that some system of previous communication is probably under present arrangements necessary , in order to avoid jarring and official complications ...
... practice is an exceedingly bad one , and very unfair to the Directors . The fact is , that some system of previous communication is probably under present arrangements necessary , in order to avoid jarring and official complications ...
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