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The circumstances were combined by so subtle a cruelty that every stroke which did not excruciate the sense should wound and lacerate the sentiments and affections of nature.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The circumstances were combined by so subtle a cruelty that every stroke which did not excruciate the sense should wound…”
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Burke describes the emotional and psychological cruelty inflicted upon individuals through torturous acts.
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