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But I dare not risk a speculation with no better view of your affairs than at present I can command; my caution is not from disregard, but from solicitude for your welfare.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke explains that his caution stems from concern for the welfare of others, not disregard.
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