A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and ...

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775)

Edmund Burke Quotes

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.