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Does "that preceded it" refer to "that preceded this letter"?
"This letter is the product of failure—the failure of the many brilliant attacks upon religion that preceded it, the failure of our schools to announce the death of God in a way that each generation can understand, the failure of the media to criticize the abject religious certainties of our public figures—failures great and small that have kept almost every society on this earth muddling over God and despising those who muddle differently."
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e. "the failure". In other words, "attacks upon religion" preceded "the failure".
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- "the failure".
- In other words, "attacks upon religion" preceded "the failure".
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Anonymousthe failure of the many brilliant attacks upon religion that preceded itI read "it", here, as a substitute anaphorically referring to a preceding word, i.e. "the failure". In other words, "attacks upon religion" preceded "the failure".
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