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Introductory Letter from Mr. Gladstone |
5-8 |
The progress of the Latin nations less rapid, in consequence not of race but of creed. The Catholics generally less industrious and less prosperous than the Protestants. Causes of this |
12-16 |
The Reformation has given an extraordinary force to the nations who have embraced it |
17-18 |
Catholic nations torn by intestine dissensions which retard their progress |
19-22 |
Education and science the sources of wealth and liberty |
23 |
Knowledge less diffused among Catholic than among Protestant nations |
24-25 |
Morality the basis of order and liberty. Higher morality of Protestant than of Catholic nations |
26-27 |
Religious Protestants the natural allies of Liberty. Religious Catholics the natural allies of Despotism |
28 |
Among Catholic nations the highest motive is the sentiment of Honour; among Protestant nations, Duty or Religious Belief |
29-32 |
Free and Representative government the logical consequence of Protestantism. Absolute government the ideal of Catholicism |
35-37
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The Protestants in France sought to establish a free representative federal constitution. Liberty perished with them |
38-42 |
Wherever the Calvinists were victorious, they founded free, Republican, and Constitutional government |
43-49 |
A sovereign who is a good Catholic cannot be a good constitutional sovereign |
50 |
The religious sentiment less lively among the well-educated classes in Catholic than in Protestant countries, because Catholicism does not meet the wants of Modern Humanity |
51-54 |
Scepticism and unbelief do not emancipate nations from the dominion of Rome |
55-56 |
In support of liberty, it becomes necessary, in Catholic countries, to resist the priests. Religion and morality are thus sapped, and liberty becomes anarchy |
58-62 |
The new Ultramontane movement puts in peril the peace of Europe and the future of Catholic nations |
63-64 |
Letter to the Editor of the 'Times' on the Power of the Romish Church in Belgium |
65-71 |