It may indeed be objected--an analogous objection was taken as to the ascertained moral deficiencies of pre-historic mankind--that if this religion of omens was so pernicious and so likely to ruin a race, no race would ever have acquired it.
Bagehot addresses a counterargument regarding the potential dangers of omen-based religions.
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But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.
The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.
Savages waste away before modern civilisation; they seem to have held their ground before the ancient.
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