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With a generosity that astonished all Asia, he reinstated this expelled enemy of his nation peaceably upon his throne.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “With a generosity that astonished all Asia, he reinstated this expelled enemy of his nation peaceably upon his throne.”
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Burke admires a leader's act of reinstating an enemy, highlighting the significance of generosity in politics.
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