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They will become true conductors of contagion to every country which has had the misfortune to send them to the source of that electricity.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They will become true conductors of contagion to every country which has had the misfortune to send them to the source…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that those who engage with revolutionary ideas may spread their influence negatively.
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