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Edmund Burke: It was the impolitic abolition of their discipline, which exposed them to the wild opinions and conduct that have…

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It was the impolitic abolition of their discipline, which exposed them to the wild opinions and conduct that have prevailed amongst the Huguenots.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke critiques the abolition of discipline among Huguenots, linking it to their subsequent wild opinions and conduct.

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