On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
These atheistical fathers have a bigotry of their own; and they have learnt to talk against monks with the spirit of a monk.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke criticizes the French Enlightenment figures, pointing out their own dogmatic intolerance despite their opposition to traditional religious institutions.
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