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His extortion is not like the generous rapacity of the princely eagle, who snatches away the living, struggling prey; he is a vulture, who feeds upon the prostrate, the dying, and the dead.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke uses a vivid metaphor to describe a corrupt leader's predatory nature.
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