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... only what I considered essential, I have not abstracted Burke's political ideas out of their concrete historical context. Nothing could be more foreign to Burke's character and temper than to treat his thought in an abstract manner.
... only what I considered essential, I have not abstracted Burke's political ideas out of their concrete historical context. Nothing could be more foreign to Burke's character and temper than to treat his thought in an abstract manner.
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per than to treat his thought in an abstract manner. I have also tried to avoid the other great danger, that of treating long dead political and historical issues as though they were, in themselves, philosophically important.
per than to treat his thought in an abstract manner. I have also tried to avoid the other great danger, that of treating long dead political and historical issues as though they were, in themselves, philosophically important.
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Burke confessed that he spent "three hours almost every day in the public library," pursuing his regular studies in a "desultory and excursive" manner, and striving "to get a little into the accounts 2 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
Burke confessed that he spent "three hours almost every day in the public library," pursuing his regular studies in a "desultory and excursive" manner, and striving "to get a little into the accounts 2 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
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cursive" manner, and striving "to get a little into the accounts of this, our own poor country." Shortly after this period he founded a student debating club, which still exists today as the Trinity College Historical Society.
cursive" manner, and striving "to get a little into the accounts of this, our own poor country." Shortly after this period he founded a student debating club, which still exists today as the Trinity College Historical Society.
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Also, in a manner that anticipated Burke's speeches eighteen years later, the author recognized the importance of the common bonds of language, culture, and economic interests that united the English colonies to Britain.
Also, in a manner that anticipated Burke's speeches eighteen years later, the author recognized the importance of the common bonds of language, culture, and economic interests that united the English colonies to Britain.
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 47 | |
An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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