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Edmund Burke: Would to God the value of my sentiments on Ireland and on America had been at this day a subject of doubt and…

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Would to God the value of my sentiments on Ireland and on America had been at this day a subject of doubt and discussion!
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Edmund Burke

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Burke wishes that his views on Ireland and America were not subjects of doubt.

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