Those who are acquainted with the constitution of our universities need not be informed that none but those who conform to the Established Church can be at all admitted to study there, and that none can obtain degrees in them who do not previously take all the tests, oaths, and declarations.
Burke critiques the exclusionary practices of universities that limit access based on religious conformity.
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