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I suspect the wooden walls of England secure the lines of Chatham, rather than the lines of Chatham secure the wooden walls of England.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke suggests that the wooden walls of England provide security to the lines of Chatham, rather than the other way around.
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