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The fruit of this wild stock is revenge regulated, but not extinguished,--revenge transferred from the suffering party to the communion and sympathy of mankind.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The fruit of this wild stock is revenge regulated, but not extinguished,--revenge transferred from the suffering party…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke describes the nature of revenge as something that is regulated within society, rather than eliminated.
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