yeah. if i'm going to bother deconstructing the paine, i should deconstruct the burke first. i knew i picked up something by burke at a garage sale (i wouldn't expect to connect with burke too deeply, but for a quarter, you garb something like that), but wasn't sure if it was the reflections on the revolution. it was. so, that first, then the paine.

in fact, i'm certain i picked the paine & burke up at the same garage sale. somebody must have taken a course...probably 50 years ago.

well, actually, the editions are '87 and '92.