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I consider, therefore, the stopping of the distillery, economically, financially, commercially, medicinally, and in some degree morally too, as a measure rather well meant than well considered.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques the decision to stop distillation, viewing it as poorly considered despite good intentions.
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