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Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches

by Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

3 chapters, about 44,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION 900 words
2. THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 28,100 words
3. SPEECH ON THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION FEBRUARY, 1771 15,100 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Election
• Homicide

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