In many parts of Germany, Protestants and Papists partake the same cities, the same councils, and even the same churches.
Edmund Burke: “In many parts of Germany, Protestants and Papists partake the same cities, the same councils, and even the same…”
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Burke points out the shared civic life of Protestants and Papists in parts of Germany.
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