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Edmund Burke: It is on this darkened theatre that some old writers have introduced those characters and actions which have afforded…

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It is on this darkened theatre that some old writers have introduced those characters and actions which have afforded such ample matter to poets and so much perplexity to historians.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke reflects on the challenges historians face in accurately recounting the past due to the lack of reliable sources.

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