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Richard Cobden

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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In the Netherlands, people have reached the same decision about education as others facing similar challenges. They chose to create a non-religious school system because it was too difficult to get different religious groups to agree on shared religious teaching.

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