Woe to that country, too, that, passing into the opposite extreme, considers a low education, a mean, contracted view of things, a sordid, mercenary occupation, as a preferable title to command!
Burke warns against the danger of a nation that mistakenly elevates those with limited education or mercenary motives to positions of power.
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