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But of late they are grown active, designing, turbulent, and seditious.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgBut of late they are grown active, designing, turbulent, and seditious.
Burke notes a shift in the behavior of atheists, highlighting their increasing activism and turbulence.
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