Joseph de Maistre - 'If you wish to extinguish that enthusiasm, which inspires great thoughts, and impels to noble enterprises ... and to substitute egotism in the room of generous, and ardent, patriotism ... only take away from the people their faith, and make them philosophers.' [1024x688 - 478KB]
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Letters on the Spanish Inquisition : Maistre, Joseph Marie, comte de, 1753-1821 (archive.org)
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