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Edmund Burke: The second consideration in the Gentoo institutions is their beneficial effects, moral and civil.

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The second consideration in the Gentoo institutions is their beneficial effects, moral and civil.
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Burke highlights the moral and civil benefits of the Gentoo institutions.

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