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Assessing the position of the Catholic in the United States, a great Catholic assertion is predicted for the final years of this century, a “second spring.” Impediments to this are listed and differences of Catholic and Protestant style are noted. Suggestions are made for bringing the Catholic elite and Catholic people back together again.
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