On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke uses a metaphor to describe how the French Revolution's radical rationalism strips away the essential social graces and conventions of life.
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