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When we prove to you the things that we shall prove, this will, I hope, give your Lordships a full, conclusive, and satisfactory proof of the misery to which these people have been reduced.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke expresses hope that the evidence presented will clearly demonstrate the misery inflicted upon the people.
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