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They who, alive, were laughed at or pitied by all their acquaintance make as good a figure as the best of them in the pages of Guillim, Edmondson, and Collins.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They who, alive, were laughed at or pitied by all their acquaintance make as good a figure as the best of them in the…”
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Burke reflects on how even those who were once ridiculed can be portrayed positively in history.
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