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You think the way to make good citizens and good men of them and to attract them to Protestantism, is to exclude them, their sons and daughters, from all public employment and to go yourself into a dark cellar and curse at them through the gratings of the windows.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar argues against exclusionary practices that aim to convert others to Protestantism, advocating for inclusion instead.

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