It is for the man in humble life, and to raise his nature, and to put him in mind of a state in which the privileges of opulence will cease, when he will be equal by nature, and may be more than equal by virtue, that this portion of the general wealth of his country is employed and sanctified.
Burke explains how the national wealth, when invested in institutions like the Church, serves to elevate the moral and spiritual standing of the poor.
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