We are to see whether there be any and what mixture of political dogmas and political practices with their religious tenets, of what nature they are, and how far they are at present practically separable from them.
Burke seeks to analyze the interplay between political beliefs and religious practices in a given situation.
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If any of them should happen to propose a scheme of liberty soberly limited, and defined with proper qualifications, he will be immediately outbid by his competitors, who will produce something more splendidly popular.
It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth, as yours is.
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