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Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be cast into the mire, and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be cast into the mire, and trodden down under the hoofs…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke warns that without proper guardians, knowledge and learning may be trampled by the masses.
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