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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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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If it should ever be totally extinguished, the loss, I fear, will be great.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke warns of the significant loss that would accompany the extinguishing of this mixed system of opinion and sentiment.
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