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We tread in their steps; we pursue their method; we learn of them: and we shall never learn at any other school.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “We tread in their steps; we pursue their method; we learn of them: and we shall never learn at any other school.”
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Burke asserts that learning from the past is essential for understanding and following the right course of action.
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