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The immediate cause acting in these laws may be obscure: the general results are subjects of certain calculation.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The immediate cause acting in these laws may be obscure: the general results are subjects of certain calculation.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke acknowledges that while the immediate causes of events may be unclear, the overall outcomes can be predicted.
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