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If I am at all right, that area could only be enlarged thus slowly, for Custom was in early days the cement of society, and if you suddenly questioned such custom you would destroy society.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “If I am at all right, that area could only be enlarged thus slowly, for Custom was in early days the cement of society…”
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Bagehot suggests that questioning established customs could threaten societal stability.
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