All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, …

Edmund Burke
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All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed, reason is staggered, and from which affrighted Nature recoils, are their chosen and almost sole examples for the instruction of their youth. ✨ Edmund Burke (1999). The Portable Edmund Burke, p.484, Penguin
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