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Frenzy does not become a slighter distemper on account of the number of those who may be infected with it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Frenzy does not become a slighter distemper on account of the number of those who may be infected with it.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke warns that widespread madness does not lessen its severity, regardless of how many are affected.
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