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However, let his Grace think as he may of my demerits with regard to the war with Regicide, he will find my guilt confined to that alone.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “However, let his Grace think as he may of my demerits with regard to the war with Regicide, he will find my guilt…”
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Burke clarifies that his only guilt pertains to the war against regicide, not other accusations.
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