Thus, religion perishing, and with it this Constitution, it is a matter of endless meditation what order of things would follow it.
Edmund Burke: “Thus, religion perishing, and with it this Constitution, it is a matter of endless meditation what order of things would…”
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Burke reflects on the potential consequences of the decline of religion and the Constitution.
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