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Better this island should be sunk to the bottom of the sea than that (so far as human infirmity admits) it should not be a country of religion and morals!
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Better this island should be sunk to the bottom of the sea than that (so far as human infirmity admits) it should not be…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke expresses a strong belief in the importance of maintaining a moral and religious society.
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