On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth, as yours is.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth, as yours is.”
Editor's note · Context
Continuing his comparison of financial schemes, Burke contrasts the expansive vision of earlier ventures with the perceived narrow and destructive nature of the French revolutionaries' assignats.
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