A few years ago I should be ashamed to overload a matter so capable of supporting itself by the then unnecessary support of any argument; but this seditious, unconstitutional doctrine is now publicly taught, avowed, and printed.
Burke explains his motivation for writing, stating that a doctrine he once considered self-evidently false is now openly promoted.
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