Two hundred years dreadfully spent in experiments to force that people to change the form of their religion have proved fruitless.
Edmund Burke: “Two hundred years dreadfully spent in experiments to force that people to change the form of their religion have proved…”
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Edmund Burke
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Burke reflects on the unsuccessful attempts to change people's religious beliefs over two centuries.
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