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Edmund Burke: “Commerce and liberty, the two main sources of power to Great Britain, ii. 87. great increase of, in America, ii. 112.”

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Commerce and liberty, the two main sources of power to Great Britain, ii. 87. great increase of, in America, ii. 112.
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Burke identifies commerce and liberty as essential sources of power for Great Britain.

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