On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
It looks to me as if I were in a great crisis, not of the affairs of France alone, but of all Europe, perhaps of more than Europe.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It looks to me as if I were in a great crisis, not of the affairs of France alone, but of all Europe, perhaps of more…”
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From his reflections on the French Revolution, he describes the perceived global significance of the events unfolding.
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