This is the relative proportion of the importance of the colonies at these two periods: and all reasoning concerning our mode of treating them must have this proportion as its basis, or it is a reasoning weak, rotten, and sophistical.
Burke argues that understanding the historical context of the colonies is essential for effective reasoning about their treatment.
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