Edmund Burke: “Historians, indeed, are generally very liberal of their information…”

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Historians, indeed, are generally very liberal of their information concerning everything but what we ought to be very anxious to know.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke reflects on the tendency of historians to overlook critical information that the public should be aware of.

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Edmund Burke: “Historians, indeed, are generally very liberal of their information concerning everything but what we ought to be very…”