Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe
CHAPTER XXXIII.
OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC BENEFICENCE IN EUROPE.
Difference between Protestantism and Catholicity with respect to public beneficence--Paradox of Montesquieu--Remarkable canons of the Church--Injury done by Protestantism to the development of public beneficence--The value of philanthropy, 184