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A PLAN, FOR ESTABLISHING A REGULAR SYSTEM OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT, AND OF SECURE DEFENCE, IN INDIA.
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The Company’s system of military government and defence in India is, at least, equally defective1, faulty, and absurd; and, therefore, doth equally demand reformation, as doth her political system. For the same cause that renders the power of the Company’s several deputed governors perfectly2 arbitrary and discretional, in civil matters; namely, the Directors having preserved to themselves the charge of immediately directing and superintending those governments; confers, upon these deputed governors, a like arbitrary and discretional power, in military matters. And surely it is impossible to conceive any thing more ridiculously extravagant4, 157than is this military system of the Company; which affords to each governor of four different capital settlements, the absolute, independent, and discretional power, of applying the military force of his own government; and likewise of directing the measures of defence: whilst each, of these four governors, holds a particular interest of his own, which is, not only distinct from, but opposite to that of all the others.
Can it be supposed that four men, thus opposite in their personal views and interests, and thus independent of each other, should heartily5 concur6 in general measures; or should cordially unite in a system of common defence? Common sense informs us that they will not; and experience convinces us that they do not. For it hath been known that one, of these settlements, hath furnished arms and ammunition7; and hath otherwise befriended a power, at open war with one of the others. And, in the case of any one of these settlements being attacked, the others are extremely backward in supporting it; because each, of the four governors, giving the preference to his own particular 158charge, in which his own personal interest is more immediately concerned, considers all communication of his force, to any of the other settlements, as a diminution8 of his own security, and even of his importance. So that, upon such terms, the union betwixt these four distinct, and mutually independent, governments, can scarcely be termed federal.
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defective
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| adj.有毛病的,有问题的,有瑕疵的 | |
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immediate
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| adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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extravagant
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ammunition
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diminution
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peculation
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constituent
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| n.选民;成分,组分;adj.组成的,构成的 | |
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thereby
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jealousy
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amicable
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supreme
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| adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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territorial
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supremely
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dominions
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| 统治权( dominion的名词复数 ); 领土; 疆土; 版图 | |
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dominion
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mighty
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obstruction
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monsoon
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obstructed
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eastward
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| adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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| a.imminent, about to come or happen | |
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garrison
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| n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防 | |
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| n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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requisite
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| 乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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| vi.生存,存在,供养 | |
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scour
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| v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷 | |
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opposition
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| n.反对,敌对 | |
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apprehended
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| 逮捕,拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 ); 理解 | |
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putrid
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expedient
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specify
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shameful
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considerably
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artillery
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| n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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thither
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| adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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garrisons
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| 守备部队,卫戍部队( garrison的名词复数 ) | |
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frigates
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| n.快速军舰( frigate的名词复数 ) | |
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infinitely
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expeditious
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| adj.迅速的,敏捷的 | |
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expended
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| v.花费( expend的过去式和过去分词 );使用(钱等)做某事;用光;耗尽 | |
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treasury
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| n.宝库;国库,金库;文库 | |
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reimburse
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sundry
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peculiar
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interfering
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fortresses
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juncture
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severely
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deprivation
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| n.匮乏;丧失;夺去,贫困 | |
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bankruptcy
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| n.破产;无偿付能力 | |
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| ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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| 回响,回荡( reverberate的现在分词 ); 使反响,使回荡,使反射 | |
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anarchy
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| n.无政府状态;社会秩序混乱,无秩序 | |
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majesty
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| n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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| n.(船或飞机装载的)货物( cargo的名词复数 );大量,重负 | |
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