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To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.
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The sentence claims that serious immersion in history conflicts with remaining Protestant. It presents history as revealing something that changes a person’s religious position, rather than leaving Protestant belief untouched. The wording is deliberately absolute: it treats “being deep in history” and “being a Protestant” as incompatible, though it does not explain what historical discovery creates that conflict.
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