In peace they go the full length, and indeed more than the full length, of what the people can bear for current establishments; then they are absurd enough to consolidate all the calamities of war into debts,--to metamorphose the devastations of the country into demands upon its future production.
Burke discusses the absurdity of consolidating war calamities into debts, which burdens the future production of the country.
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