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Edmund Burke: “For God forbid that guilt should ever leave a man the free, undisturbed use of his faculties!”

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For God forbid that guilt should ever leave a man the free, undisturbed use of his faculties!
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Edmund Burke

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Burke emphasizes the importance of maintaining one's faculties in the face of guilt.

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