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Do you forget that in the very last year you stood on the precipice of general bankruptcy?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Do you forget that in the very last year you stood on the precipice of general bankruptcy?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke reminds his audience of the precarious financial situation they faced recently.
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