John,

I couldn't find that statement about the Netherlands .... etc. Where did you get it.

Any case, the article by William Dennison is quite interesting. What I had in mind earlier about why Holland is where it now is, is perhaps summarized in the following:

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From its conception Dutch neo-Calvinism has attempted to transform
and reclaim the post-enlightenment culture for the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
In doing so, however, much of the agenda of Dutch neo-Calvinism has
been built upon the foundation of Enlightenment ideas. Hence, although
they attacked the irreligious nature of the Enlightenment and its view of the
autonomy of the individual, nevertheless its concept of posterity and its
establishment of a somewhat tolerant and egalitarian society of liberty and
fraternity have found appeal among them. In my judgment, Dutch neo-
Calvinism has become more a child of the Enlightenment and modernity
than a movement preserving historic orthodox Calvinism.

This comes from section IV, p284. The rest of that section is also very interesting.

Johan