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That point being fixed, and laying fast hold of a strong bottom, our speculations may swing in all directions without public detriment, because they will ride with sure anchorage.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke uses a metaphor of anchorage to describe the stability of well-founded speculations in governance.
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