Edmund Burke: “If it should ever be totally extinguished, the loss, I fear, will be…”

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If it should ever be totally extinguished, the loss, I fear, will be great.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke warns of the significant loss that would accompany the extinguishing of this mixed system of opinion and sentiment.

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Edmund Burke: “If it should ever be totally extinguished, the loss, I fear, will be great.”