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Edmund Burke: What fills the measure of horror is, that schools of atheism are set up at the public charge in every part of the…

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What fills the measure of horror is, that schools of atheism are set up at the public charge in every part of the country.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke highlights the alarming establishment of state-funded schools promoting atheism across the nation.

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