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If any inquiry thus carefully conducted should fail at last of discovering the truth, it may answer an end perhaps as useful, in discovering to us the weakness of our own understanding.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke emphasizes the value of inquiry, even if it leads to recognizing our own limitations.
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