This is the result of all the delusions held out to engage a miserable people in rebellion, murder, and sacrilege, and to make them prompt and zealous instruments in the ruin of their country!
Burke denounces the French Revolution's leaders for misleading the populace into destructive acts that ultimately ruin their nation.
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