It is no wonder that the advocates for the several parties among us find something to favor their several notions in the Saxon government, which was never supported by any fixed or uniform principle.
Burke notes the lack of a uniform principle in the Saxon government, which allows for varied interpretations.
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I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.
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