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In truth, the circumstances of our Revolution (as it is called) and that of France are just the reverse of each other in almost every particular, and in the whole spirit of the transaction.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that the circumstances surrounding the English and French Revolutions are fundamentally opposed in nature and spirit.
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