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The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
Patriotism
Unbought
Heroic
Manly
Enterprise
Sentiment
Grace
Defence
Nations
Disgrace
Gone
Nurse
Life
Cheap
Sentiments

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