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The mode of deliberation he recommends is diametrically opposite to every rule of reason and every principle of good sense established amongst mankind.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The mode of deliberation he recommends is diametrically opposite to every rule of reason and every principle of good…”
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Burke critiques a proposed method of deliberation as fundamentally flawed and contrary to reason.
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