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An intestine fire will be kept alive in the bowels of the colonies, which one time or other must consume this whole empire.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “An intestine fire will be kept alive in the bowels of the colonies, which one time or other must consume this whole…”
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Burke foresees a destructive conflict brewing within the colonies that could ultimately destroy the empire.
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