Quote by Richard Cobden
In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There

In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable to unite the religious bodies in any system of combined religious instruction. – Richard Cobden

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