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My Lords, you are struck with horror, I am struck with horror, at this punishment.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “My Lords, you are struck with horror, I am struck with horror, at this punishment.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke expresses his own horror at the punishment being discussed, reflecting on the moral implications of such actions.
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