On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Such is the effect of the perversion of history by those who, for the same nefarious purposes, have perverted every other part of learning.
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Edmund Burke
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In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke observes how history and other forms of learning are distorted to serve destructive political ends.
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