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What sort of a history of Europe would that be, which should omit, for example, to consider the influence of the moral rigour of Calvinism upon the growth of the nations affected by it?
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John Morley
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Morley questions the completeness of historical narratives that ignore the impact of Calvinism on European nations.
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