On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
The anodyne draught of oblivion, thus drugged, is well calculated to preserve a galling wakefulness, and to feed the living ulcer of a corroding memory.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke uses a vivid metaphor to describe how attempts to forget painful memories can paradoxically keep them alive and festering.
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