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Such a representation I think to be in many cases even better than the actual.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Such a representation I think to be in many cases even better than the actual.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that virtual representation can sometimes be more effective than direct representation.
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