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"As Alexander had unleashed the hoarded gold of Persia, and the Roman Proconsuls had seized upon the spoil of Greece and Pontus, and the Conquistadors the silver of Peru, so did the English nabobs, merchant princes and adventurers�unthaw the frozen treasure of Hindustan and pour it into England."
-J.F.C. Fuller (1878 - 1966), A Military History of the Western World
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