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I published my thoughts on that Constitution, that my countrymen might be enabled to estimate the wisdom of the plans which were held out to their imitation.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I published my thoughts on that Constitution, that my countrymen might be enabled to estimate the wisdom of the plans…”
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He expresses his intention to inform his fellow countrymen about the wisdom of certain political plans through his writings.
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