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Edmund Burke: Their object is to merge all natural and all social sentiment in inordinate vanity.

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Their object is to merge all natural and all social sentiment in inordinate vanity.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke warns against the dangers of vanity overshadowing natural and social sentiments.

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