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I was truly happy to find one good effect of our civil distractions: that they had put an end to all religious strife and heart-burning in our own bowels.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I was truly happy to find one good effect of our civil distractions: that they had put an end to all religious strife…”
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Burke reflects on the positive outcome of civil strife leading to the end of religious conflict.
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