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He justifies the privileges of the English Church in the name of religious well-being; but it is difficult to see what men like Watson or Archbishop Cornwallis have got to do with religion.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski questions the relevance of certain church privileges to true religious well-being, as defended by Burke.
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