A thing may look specious in theory, and yet be ruinous in practice a thing may look evil in theory, and yet be in practice excellent. (Edmund Burke)

A thing may look specious in theory, and yet be ruinous in practice a thing may look evil in theory, and yet be in practice excellent.

Edmund Burke

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