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They have but one fault,--that they are directly contrary to the common sense and common feeling of mankind.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They have but one fault,--that they are directly contrary to the common sense and common feeling of mankind.”
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Burke asserts that certain ideas contradict the common sense and feelings of humanity.
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