In contemplating that change, humanity has everything to rejoice and to glory in,--nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to suffer.
Edmund Burke: “In contemplating that change, humanity has everything to rejoice and to glory in,--nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to…”
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Burke expresses optimism about the positive changes humanity can celebrate without shame.
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