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I stated to the House what I felt; and I felt, as strongly as human sensibility can feel, the extinction of my Parliamentary capacity, where I wished to use it most.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke expresses his deep emotional response to the loss of his parliamentary role, highlighting the importance of his capacity to serve.
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