Edmund Burke: “The zeal of the missionaries was also much assisted by their…”

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The zeal of the missionaries was also much assisted by their superiority in the arts of civil life.

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Burke acknowledges the missionaries' advantages in civil arts that aided their religious efforts.

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Edmund Burke: “The zeal of the missionaries was also much assisted by their superiority in the arts of civil life.”