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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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Two hundred years dreadfully spent in experiments to force that people to change the form of their religion have proved fruitless.
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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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