On the record
Why, neither more nor less than this,--that the moral sentiments of some few amongst them do put some check on their savage theories.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgWhy, neither more nor less than this,--that the moral sentiments of some few amongst them do put some check on their savage theories.
Burke suggests that moral sentiments can act as a check against extreme theories.
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