The delegate of vengeance may not feel the wrong sufficiently: he may be cold and languid in the performance of his sacred duty.
Edmund Burke: “The delegate of vengeance may not feel the wrong sufficiently: he may be cold and languid in the performance of his…”
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Burke argues that those tasked with administering justice must feel the weight of the wrongs they address.
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