Section 121. THE STATE[1] OF IRELAND. (Conclusion of a Speech delivered[2] in the House of Commons in March 1868.) I.
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Section 121. THE STATE[1] OF IRELAND. (Conclusion of a Speech delivered[2] in the House of Commons in March 1868.) I.
We must all endeavour to get[3] rid of passion in[4] discussing this church question, which[5], I am sorry to say, is, of all others, the most calculated to create passion. We are[6] all, I believe, of one religion. I do not know (S. 51, N. 13), but I suppose there[7] will come a time in the history of the world, when men will be astonished[8] that Catholic[9] and Protestant, Churchman[10] and Nonconformist[11], had[12] so much animosity and suspicion against each other.
I[13] accept and believe in a very grand passage which I once met[14] with in the writings of the illustrious founder of the colony and (S. 10, N. 9) state of Pennsylvania, that[15] “the humble[16], meek, merciful, just, pious, and devout souls are[6] everywhere of[6] one religion; and when death[17] (S. 3, N. 2) has taken off the mask, they will know[18] one another, though the diverse liveries[19] they wear make[20] them strangers.”