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Dantonian audacity of policy was, as sometimes happens, perhaps the best guarantee of safety.
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The sentence says that unusually bold policy may, paradoxically, have been the safest option. Its wording treats “audacity” as a source of protection rather than danger. “As sometimes happens” limits the claim, while “perhaps” shows that this judgment is tentative rather than certain.
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