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But a Catholic parish priest learns little for his peculiar purpose and duty in a Protestant college.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “But a Catholic parish priest learns little for his peculiar purpose and duty in a Protestant college.”
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Burke states that a Catholic parish priest gains little relevant knowledge from a Protestant college.
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