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It is already on the wane, eclipsed by the enlarging orb of reason and the luminous Revolutions of America and France.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It is already on the wane, eclipsed by the enlarging orb of reason and the luminous Revolutions of America and France.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke suggests that the influence of reason and the revolutions in America and France are overshadowing previous events.
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