The good works of that Board of Works are as carefully concealed as other good works ought to be: they are perfectly invisible.
Edmund Burke: “The good works of that Board of Works are as carefully concealed as other good works ought to be: they are perfectly…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke remarks on the obscurity of the Board of Works, suggesting that good governance should be visible and recognized.
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