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But with all the deference justly due to so great a name, we may venture to assert that this performance, though not without merit, is wholly unworthy of the high reputation of its author.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke acknowledges the merit of Hale's work but argues it falls short of the author's esteemed reputation.
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