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But to mental excellence no limit can be assigned; the further it extends the more USEFUL it becomes, if the epithet of 'USEFUL' need ever be added to that of HONOURABLE.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that mental excellence has no limits and becomes increasingly useful as it expands.
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