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This answer you will perceive to be not only unsatisfactory in substance, but offensive in style, and less a vindication of himself than a recrimination on me.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This answer you will perceive to be not only unsatisfactory in substance, but offensive in style, and less a vindication…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques a response he received as inadequate and offensive, highlighting his grievances.
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