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Joseph de Maistre

“The question is frequently asked: why there is a school of theology attached to every University? The answer is easy: It is, that the Universities may subsist, and that the instruction may not become corrupt. Originally, the Universities were only schools of theology, to which other faculties were joined, as subjects around their Queen. The edifice of public instruction, placed on such a foundation, has continued even to our day. Those who have subverted it among themselves, will repent it, in vain, for a long time to come. To burn a city, there is needed only a child or a madman; but to rebuild it, architects, materials, workmen, money, and especially time, will be required.”

Joseph de Maistre, The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions
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The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions by Joseph de Maistre
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