I think, or rather I am convinced, that the effect either of one or two more ecclesiastical sessions of parliament such as the last, or of any prolonged series of contentious proceedings under the recent Act, upon subjects of widespread interest, will be to disestablish the church.
Morley expresses his belief that ongoing parliamentary sessions could lead to the disestablishment of the church.
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