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I verily believe he was a man of good intentions, and rather debauched by that amazing flood of iniquity which prevailed at that time, or hurried and carried away with it.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I verily believe he was a man of good intentions, and rather debauched by that amazing flood of iniquity which prevailed…”
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Burke expresses his belief in the inherent goodness of a man despite the corrupting influences of his environment.
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