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We cannot be too liberal in our general wishes for the happiness of our kind.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “We cannot be too liberal in our general wishes for the happiness of our kind.”
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Burke advocates for a generous approach to wishing happiness for all humanity.
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