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LORD HASTINGS

though they hamper, never baffle the plans of an energetic administrator, and despite the serious inconveniences felt at the moment, they proved to be temporary only, and the business of government was carried on with vigour and success[1].

  1. Wilson, viii. 3; Prinsep, i. 215; Summary of the Administration of the Indian Government, from October, 1813, to January, 1823, by the Marquess of Hastings, Governor-General, London, 1824 (published in The Pamphleteer, London, vol. xxiv), p. 3, &c.