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On that rock his whole adventure split, his whole scheme of economy was dashed to pieces.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “On that rock his whole adventure split, his whole scheme of economy was dashed to pieces.”
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Burke illustrates how a critical failure led to the collapse of an economic reform plan.
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