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These ephemerides of politics are not made for our slow and coarse understandings.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “These ephemerides of politics are not made for our slow and coarse understandings.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques the fleeting nature of political commentary that lacks depth.
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