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These abuses were less felt whilst the Pontificate drew riches from abroad, which in some measure counterbalanced the evils of their remiss and jobbish government at home.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke discusses how the decline of foreign revenues has made the internal governance issues more apparent and pressing.
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