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Edmund Burke: The fault I find in the scheme is, that it falls extremely short of that liberality in the commercial system which I…

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The fault I find in the scheme is, that it falls extremely short of that liberality in the commercial system which I trust will one day be adopted.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke critiques a commercial scheme for lacking the necessary liberality he hopes will eventually be adopted.

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