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Edmund Burke: Neither did that people despise or hate or fear their nobility: on the contrary, they valued themselves on the generous…

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Neither did that people despise or hate or fear their nobility: on the contrary, they valued themselves on the generous qualities which distinguished the chiefs of their nation.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke observes that the people valued their nobility and did not harbor animosity towards them.

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