They must have been animated with a very warm zeal against those opinions, because they were under no necessity of acting as they did, from any just cause of apprehension that the errors of this writer should be taken for theirs.
Burke notes the strong opposition against certain opinions, indicating a lack of necessity for public disavowal.
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