Some very unusual appearances of wisdom ought to display themselves on the face of the designs of those who appeal to no practice and who copy after no model.
Edmund Burke: “Some very unusual appearances of wisdom ought to display themselves on the face of the designs of those who appeal to no…”
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Burke contends that those proposing entirely novel political systems, without precedent, must exhibit extraordinary wisdom.
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