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This is immediate in its conciliatory operation: the other remote, contingent, full of hazard.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This is immediate in its conciliatory operation: the other remote, contingent, full of hazard.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke describes his proposal as immediate and conciliatory, contrasting it with a more uncertain alternative.
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