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Edmund Burke: “This is the issue upon which he has put this cause, and the issue upon which we are obliged to take it now, and to…”

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This is the issue upon which he has put this cause, and the issue upon which we are obliged to take it now, and to provide for it hereafter.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke identifies the critical issue at stake in the case, emphasizing the need for future provisions.

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