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John Morley: “This, however, did not go to the root, whether we regard it as sound or unsound, of the catholic grievance, which was in…”

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This, however, did not go to the root, whether we regard it as sound or unsound, of the catholic grievance, which was in fact their lack of an endowed institution as distinctively catholic in all respects as Trinity was protestant.
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John Morley

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Morley discusses the Catholic grievance regarding the lack of a distinctively Catholic institution of higher education in Ireland.

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