But he mitigated the rigor of these proceedings by the wise choice he made in filling the places of those whom he had deposed, and gave by that means these violent changes the air rather of reformation than oppression.
Burke notes the king's strategic choice in appointing new leaders, framing his actions as reform rather than oppression.
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