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might have bidden defiance to any European power, 
to wrest from her her Indian possessions. But, 
although “ knowledge is power,” experience con¬ 
vinces us, that power is not always knowledge; 
though wisdom will ever impart greatness to charac¬ 
ter, our great men do not always stand pre-eminent for 
their wisdom. We trust, however, that good will arise 
out of this evil; for though the French have suffered 
the severe effects of the folly and criminality of their 
rulers, the Madegasses, perhaps, will in future have 
abundant cause to rejoice at that impolicy, which has 
thus left them unfettered by any relative obligations, 
whether of a political, civil, or religions nature. 
