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"The effect of liberty to individuals is, that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations, which may be soon turned into complaints."

Freedom vs Security in one run-on sentence.

"it was intended for the circulation, at the expense of the members, of many books which few others would be at the expense of buying, and which might lie on the hands of the booksellers, to the great loss of an useful body of men."

Does anyone know exactly what books Burke is referring too?

If Burke is the father of modern conservatism, I understand why conservatives are so badly read when their foundational text is this tedious.

Imagine sending your friend a 300 page letter about politics...