I am sure that no more certain method, not only of dechrist… - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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I am sure that no more certain method, not only of dechristianizing, but demoralizing the youth of the classes who send their children to the Universities could be found than subjecting them to the influence of tutors who would start with the idea that all beliefs should be submitted for free selection to the consciences and intelligences of their pupils.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), styled Lord Robert Cecil before the death of his elder brother in 1865, and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until his father died in April 1868, was a three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, during 1885–1886, 1886–1892 and 1895–1902.

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Native Name: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3. Marquess of Salisbury

Alternative Names: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil • Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil • Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury • Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury

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