On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
But your present confusion, like a palsy, has attacked the fountain of life itself.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But your present confusion, like a palsy, has attacked the fountain of life itself.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke uses a vivid metaphor to describe the destructive and fundamental nature of the current revolutionary chaos in France.
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