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Old religious factions are volcanoes burnt out; on the lava and ashes and squalid scoriæ of old eruptions grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine, and the sustaining corn.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke uses the metaphor of volcanic eruptions to illustrate the transformation of old religious factions into peaceful societies.
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