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John Morley: “I do not feel the dread of disestablishment which you may probably entertain: but I desire and seek so long as standing…”

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I do not feel the dread of disestablishment which you may probably entertain: but I desire and seek so long as standing ground remains, to avert, not to precipitate it.
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John Morley

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Morley conveys his desire to avoid disestablishment of the church while acknowledging differing views on the matter.

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