He took public business not as a duty which he was to fulfil, but as a pleasure he was to enjoy; and he seemed to have no delight out of this house, except in such things as some way related to the business that was to be done within it.
Burke describes a public servant's passion for their work, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from engagement in public affairs.
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