Besides, the people of England well know that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation, and a sure principle of transmission, without at all excluding a principle of improvement.
Arguing for the British system, Burke explains how the principle of inheritance provides stability and continuity while allowing for necessary societal improvements.
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