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Its fall would leave a great void, which nothing else, of which I can form any distinct idea, might fill.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Its fall would leave a great void, which nothing else, of which I can form any distinct idea, might fill.”
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Burke reflects on the significant impact that the collapse of established institutions would have on society.
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