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In early society, originality in life was forbidden and repressed by the fixed rule of life.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Bagehot notes that early societies suppressed originality due to rigid societal rules.
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The whole history of civilisation, is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
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The power of free interchange of ideas being wanting, the ideas themselves were barren.
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