On the record
I confess to you freely, that the sufferings and distresses of the people of America in this cruel war have at times affected me more deeply than I can express.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I confess to you freely, that the sufferings and distresses of the people of America in this cruel war have at times…”
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Burke expresses his deep emotional response to the suffering of the American people during the war.
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