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Edmund Burke: “Conscience, a tender one ought to be tenderly handled, vii. 54.”

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Conscience, a tender one ought to be tenderly handled, vii. 54.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke emphasizes the need for sensitivity when dealing with tender consciences.

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