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If others, however, have obtained any of this extraordinary light, they will use it to guide them in their researches and their conduct.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If others, however, have obtained any of this extraordinary light, they will use it to guide them in their researches…”
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Burke acknowledges that those who have gained insight should use it wisely in their pursuits.
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