Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well t…

Edmund Burke
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Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant. ✨ 'Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol' (1777) p. 59
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Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant. ✨ 'Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol' (1777) p. 59

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