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In truth, it appears to me, that, when we come to balance our account, we shall find in the proposed peace only the pure, simple, and unendowed charms of Jacobin amity.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke critiques the superficial nature of peace proposed with revolutionary France, suggesting it lacks genuine substance.
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