This old Edmund Burke “Letter to the Sherrifs of Bristol” (1977) ( https://assets.cambridge.org/97811076/45714/frontmatter/9781107645714_frontmatter.pdf pdf) essay arguing against the laws declaring american rebels “pirates” and the war generally has some bangers in it but i’m so glad people don’t write like the first two lines here anymore

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