The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01

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LibriVox recording of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 by Edmund Burke. Read in English by Elijah Fisher; LenB; Joshua Paul Seeger.; jenno; Arden; andreabertelli ; Florence; Kathleen Moore; Jim Locke; Misikis; Gillian Hendrie; Theresa E Kao; Michele Eaton Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, he moved to London in 1750 and later served as a member of parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain. He belonged to the Whig Party. Burke favored underpinning virtues with manners in society and stressed the importance of religious institutions for the moral stability and good of the state. He was an opponent to slavery and expressed appreciation for the complaints of the colonists in America before the outbreak of Revolution. This collection of his writings is the first of twelve available online at Project Gutenberg. (Adapted from Wikipedia by KevinS) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader,…

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Edmund Burke

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librivox; audiobooks;Great Britain; political science; edmund burke

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