On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
By this connection we conceive that we attach our gentlemen to the Church; and we liberalize the Church by an intercourse with the leading characters of the country.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke explains how the close relationship between the gentry and the Church serves to both strengthen allegiance to the Church and broaden its perspective.
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