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Let everything that can be pleaded on the ground of surprise or error, upon those grounds be pleaded with success: we give up the whole of those predicaments.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke allows for defenses based on surprise or error, indicating a willingness to consider mitigating circumstances.
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