[T]here is no more formidable obstacle than the Established Church to the spirit of rash and theoretic change which we, almost alone among the nations, have escaped . (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

[T]here is no more formidable obstacle than the Established Church to the spirit of rash and theoretic change which we, almost alone among the nations, have escaped .

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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