That opinion was, however, so far from hurting the Protestant cause, that I declare, with the most serious solemnity, my firm belief that no one thing done for these fifty years past was so likely to prove deeply beneficial to our religion at large as Sir George Savile's act.
Burke asserts that a particular act by Sir George Savile has been beneficial for the Protestant cause.
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