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I believe if every Protestant were to be stricken down by a lightning-stroke, that our brethren of the Catholic faith would still carry on the Republic in the spirit of a true and liberal freedom.
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Hoar asserts that the spirit of the Republic would continue regardless of religious affiliations.
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