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Several kings resigned their crowns to devote themselves to religious contemplation in monasteries,--more at that time and in this nation than in all other nations and in all times.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke highlights the remarkable instances of kings resigning their crowns to pursue religious life in monasteries.
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