I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever. - Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke: "I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever."

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Avenge	Calculators	Chivalry	Economists
Europe	Even	Forever	Glory
Gone	Insult	Leaped	Look
Must	Scabbards	Sophists	Succeeded
Swords	Thought	Thousand	Threatened

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