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Edmund Burke: These form our second nature, as inhabitants of the country and members of the society in which Providence has placed…

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These form our second nature, as inhabitants of the country and members of the society in which Providence has placed us.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke explains that our moral nature is shaped by our society and environment, forming a second nature.

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