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Was she a person so very ferocious and cruel, as, by the example of her death, to frighten us into common humanity?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Was she a person so very ferocious and cruel, as, by the example of her death, to frighten us into common humanity?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke challenges the perception of the Queen of France as cruel, questioning the morality of her execution.
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