This scheme, being, therefore, set up in direct opposition to the rooted and confirmed sentiments and habits of thinking of an whole people, has produced the effects which ever must result from such a collision of power and opinion.
Burke critiques a scheme that opposes the deeply rooted sentiments of the people, predicting negative outcomes.
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