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We shall be barbarized on both sides of the water, if we do not see one another now and then.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “We shall be barbarized on both sides of the water, if we do not see one another now and then.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke warns that failing to maintain connections across the water will lead to cultural degradation on both sides.
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