"drijfveer" meaning in Dutch

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          "ref": "1761, Nadere redenen en oorzaaken van de jongste onlusten en nog heerschende verdeeldheden in het Vaderland, page 1",
          "text": "Indien de deugd de voornaamſte drijfveer is, die alle de raderen eener Gemeenebest-Regeering, — volgends MONTESQUIEU — in werking moet brengen, — dan is zeker Hij, die de meeste waare deugd bezit, de beste Patriot, de ſterkſte ſteun van het Vaderland en het algemeen geluk.",
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