On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke clarifies that adherence to ancestral principles is not blind reverence but a reasoned approach based on philosophical understanding of continuity.
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