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Edmund Burke: At the very moment when some of them seemed plunged in unfathomable abysses of disgrace and disaster, they have suddenly…

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At the very moment when some of them seemed plunged in unfathomable abysses of disgrace and disaster, they have suddenly emerged.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke discusses the resilience of nations that can rise from disgrace.

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