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None will barter away the immediate jewel of his soul.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “None will barter away the immediate jewel of his soul.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that no one would willingly give up their most precious inner qualities.
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