First comment on reading Reflections of the Revolution in France, by Edmund Burke

Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. Edmund Burke, "Reflections on the Revolution in France", 1.12 https://lnker.com/5BWHM This is a word of wisdom that promises to the reader that time spent in the study of this book will be profitable, even over three centuries after its writing.