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You will see it just as it is, and you will treat it just as it deserves.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “You will see it just as it is, and you will treat it just as it deserves.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that the audience will perceive the truth of his proposition and respond appropriately.
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