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Edmund Burke: I, for one, do more than doubt the policy of this kind of convention with Algiers.

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I, for one, do more than doubt the policy of this kind of convention with Algiers.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke expresses skepticism about the wisdom of engaging in conventions with Algiers.

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