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Edmund Burke: “May they ever flow with their original purity, and refresh and fructify the commonwealth for ages!”

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May they ever flow with their original purity, and refresh and fructify the commonwealth for ages!
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Edmund Burke

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Burke expresses a hope for the enduring purity of public resources for the benefit of society.

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