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I found a great distemper in the commonwealth, and according to the nature of the evil and of the object I treated it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I found a great distemper in the commonwealth, and according to the nature of the evil and of the object I treated it.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke describes recognizing a significant problem within the commonwealth and addressing it according to its nature.
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