Certainly it is beyond belief, that those should have progressed on account of their religious merits, who, as we have hinted, have either grown by injury done to religion or have inflicted injury on religion by their growth. ###>- 17. Certes, on ne peut croire que la religion ait fait la grandeur d'un peuple qui, comme nous p83 l'avons montré, a grandi en outrageant cette religion, ou bien l'a outragée en grandissant.