Of the first chapter some unconnected fragments only,
too imperfect for publication, have been found. Of the second
there is a considerable portion, perhaps nearly the whole;
but the copy from which it is printed is evidently a first
rough draught. The third chapter, as far as it goes, is taken
from a fair, corrected copy; but the end of the second part
of the first head is left unfinished, and the discussion of
the second and third heads was either never entered upon or
the manuscript containing it has unfortunately been lost.
What follows the third chapter appears to have been designed
for the beginning of the fourth, and is evidently the first
rough draught; and to this we have added a fragment which
appears to have been a part either of this or the first
chapter.
In the volume with which it is intended to close this
posthumous publication of Mr. Burke's Works, we shall have
occasion to enter into a more particular account of the part
which he took in the discussion of this great political
question. At present it may suffice to say, that the Letter
to Mr.
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