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In France, all things being put into an universal ferment, in the decomposition of society, no man comes forward but by his spirit of enterprise and the vigor of his mind.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke observes that in revolutionary France, individuals emerge driven by enterprise and mental vigor amidst societal chaos.
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