Life of the Right Honourable William Edward Forster
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I have some experience of the working men. I know their sympathies ; I know their doubts and difficulties ; I wish I knew how to answer them ; but I am sure of this the old English Bible is still a sacred thing in their hearts. The English people cling to the Bible, and no measure will be more unpopular than that which declares by Act of Parliament that the Bible shall be excluded from the school. " For three nights the discussion was maintained with vigour, the fears expressed by many of the N...onconformists, as well as by not a few of the Conservatives, as to the effect of allowing religious teaching to be given at the discretion of the local authorities by the teachers, being of the strongest kind. Eventually, however, on March 18th, on a promise from Mr. Gladstone that the clause relating to religious instruction should be reconsidered and amended, the amendment of Mr. Dixon. Was withdrawn and the bill read a second time. " To the REV. CANON KINGSLEY. [Private. ] " House of Commons, April 1, 1870.
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