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Edmund Burke: In determining to treat this subject at length, I am also influenced by a strong sense of the evils that have attended…

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In determining to treat this subject at length, I am also influenced by a strong sense of the evils that have attended the propagation of these wild, groundless, and pernicious opinions.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke feels compelled to address the harmful spread of false opinions on a significant subject.

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