They not only 'bound up' men in groups, not only impressed on men a certain set of common usages, but often, at least in an indirect way, suggested, if I may use the expression, national character.
Bagehot explains how early laws and customs not only organized society but also influenced national character.
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Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
He had seen that LEISURE is the great need of early societies, and slaves only can give men leisure.
There is no ELASTIC element, everything is rigid, specified, dated.
And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.
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