...that shapeless, formless, fibreless mass of platitudes which in official cant is called "unsectarian religion." (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

...that shapeless, formless, fibreless mass of platitudes which in official cant is called "unsectarian religion."

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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