Indeed the theatre is a better school of moral sentiments than churches, where the feelings of humanity are thus outraged.
Edmund Burke: “Indeed the theatre is a better school of moral sentiments than churches, where the feelings of humanity are thus…”
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Burke argues that the theatre can convey moral lessons more effectively than religious institutions.
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