On the record
Is it to be credited that any man would trust a mother who, contrary to all the rules of Nature and policy, had conspired to destroy her own son?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgIs it to be credited that any man would trust a mother who, contrary to all the rules of Nature and policy, had conspired to destroy her own son?
Burke expresses skepticism about a man's trust in a mother who has conspired against him.
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