For God's sake entreat of Lord North to take a view of the sum total of the deaths, before any are ordered for execution; for by not doing something of this kind people are decoyed in detail into severities they never would have dreamed of, if they had the whole in their view at once.
Burke urges Lord North to consider the total number of deaths before proceeding with executions to avoid unnecessary severity.
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