These vast structures have nothing which can be admired, but the greatness of the work; and they are not the only instances of the great things which the mere labor of many hands united, and persevering in their purpose, may accomplish with very little help from mechanics.
Burke emphasizes that great achievements can be accomplished through collective effort, even without advanced knowledge.
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An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease.
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Always acting as if in the presence of canonized forefathers, the spirit of freedom, leading in itself to misrule and excess, is tempered with an awful gravity.
They have little regard to the obvious consequences of their doctrine, though they may see that it leaves positive authority in very few of the positive institutions of this country.
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