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We are now in a condition to discern with tolerable exactness the true nature of the object held up to our imitation.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “We are now in a condition to discern with tolerable exactness the true nature of the object held up to our imitation.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke indicates that we can now better understand the object of imitation in political affairs.
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