I happen to think that it is a gross superstition to leave money to the Roman Catholic Church that masses may be said for the testator’s soul; but I should think it an unwarrantable interference with the relations between that Church and its members if such bequests were forbidden.
Laski critiques the practice of leaving money to the Church for masses but defends the right to do so.
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