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  • Not only the croyant et pratiquant Socialist, but every

    The Road to Wigan Pier 2004

  • Not only the croyant et pratiquant Socialist, but every ‘intellectual’ takes it as a matter of course that he at least is outside the class-racket; he, unlike his neighbours, can see through the absurdity of wealth, ranks, titles, etc., etc.

    The Road to Wigan Pier 1937

  • “Oh, yes, to a conference or sermon on Sundays, but you are not pratiquant like us.”

    My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914

  • Count Gobineau, writing as far back as the year 1865, testified as follows: “L’opinion genérale est que les Bábís sont répandus dans toutes les classes de la population et parmi tous les religionnaires de la Perse, sauf les Nusayris et les Chrètiens; mais ce sont surtout les classes éclairées, les hommes pratiquant les sciences du pays, qui sont donnés comme très suspects.

    God Passes By 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

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