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The government of that once happy country has been in the utmost confusion ever since such good order was taken about it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The government of that once happy country has been in the utmost confusion ever since such good order was taken about…”
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Burke describes the chaos that ensued in a country after the imposition of a new order, reflecting on its governance.
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