It is in this part of the project we must look for the cause of the destruction of all the old bounds of provinces and jurisdictions, ecclesiastical and secular, and the dissolution of all ancient combinations of things, as well as the formation of so many small unconnected republics.
Burke identifies the dissolution of traditional boundaries and the rise of small republics as a consequence of political changes.
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