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Fox's conduct, are not calumnies, but founded on truth,--that they are not few, but many,--and that they are not light and trivial, but, in a very high degree, serious and important.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques the actions of a political figure, emphasizing the importance of his objections.
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