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John Morley: Agrarian customs developed that undoubtedly belong to a backward social system, but they sprang from the necessities of…

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Agrarian customs developed that undoubtedly belong to a backward social system, but they sprang from the necessities of the case.
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John Morley

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Morley acknowledges that agrarian customs, while outdated, arose from the necessities of the social context.

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