With their views, the Anglo-Irish changed their maxims: it was necessary to demonstrate to the whole people that there was something, at least, of a common interest, combined with the independency, which was to become the object of common exertions.
Burke discusses the shift in the Anglo-Irish perspective towards a shared interest among the people.
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