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That medium is not such because it is found there, but it is found there because it is conformable to truth and Nature.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “That medium is not such because it is found there, but it is found there because it is conformable to truth and Nature.”
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Burke highlights that the truth and nature validate the existence of a middle ground in political discourse.
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