"I hope before this time you are in full possession of Mr. Burkes admirable, excellent, incomparable pamphlet. I think it will do great service here in preventing confusion and rebellion; whether it can cure the evil already done in France it is difficult to say, for sh[oul]d it restore the Democrats to their senses, it cannot restore life to the murderd, nor property to the plunderd, nor treat the wounds the State has received. It gives one great delight to see fine talents employd to good and great purposes, and my pleasure was heightened by my long intimacy and friendship for Mr. Burke."
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Elizabeth Montagu to unknown (n.d.), quoted in Mrs. Montague, “Queen of the Blues”. Her Letters and Friendships from 1762-1800, Volume II, 1777–1800, eds. Reginald Blunt and Emily J. Climenson (n.d.), p. 249
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