On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Indeed, the theatre is a better school of moral sentiments than churches where the feelings of humanity are thus outraged.
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Edmund Burke
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From his critique of the French Revolution, Burke argues that theatre better cultivates moral sentiments than churches that have become sites of outrage.
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