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That bond which is one of the chief instruments of society, and which, supporting the individual, connects the species, can have no existence with them: I mean the convivial bond.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that a fundamental social bond, essential for society, is absent among certain groups.
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