This is the archaic part of that very world which we look at as so ancient; an 'antiquity' which descended to them, hardly altered, perhaps, from times long antecedent, which were as unintelligible to them as to us, or more so.
Bagehot reflects on the continuity of ancient beliefs and practices that persist through time.
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