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John Robert Seeley on Religion

1834–1895 England

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The chief forces which hold a community together and cause it to constitute one State are three, common nationality, common religion, and common interest.

The Expansion of England (1883)

No man saw the building of the new Jerusalem, the workmen crowded together, the unfinished walls and unpaved streets; no man heard the clink of trowel and pickaxe; it descended out of heaven from God.

Ecce Homo (1866)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Robert Seeley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.