The number of idle tales, spread about by the industry of faction, and by the zeal of foolish good-intention, and greedily devoured by the malignant credulity of mankind, tends infinitely to aggravate prejudices, which, in themselves, are more than sufficiently strong.
Burke critiques the spread of false narratives by factions, which exacerbate existing prejudices among the public.
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