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How, then, can I think it sufficient for those which are infinitely greater, and infinitely more remote?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “How, then, can I think it sufficient for those which are infinitely greater, and infinitely more remote?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke expresses doubt about the sufficiency of representation for distant territories compared to nearby ones.
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