Walter Bagehot: “A Freewillist may admit as much as a Necessarian that such improved conditions tend to improve human action, and that…”

And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!

I do not think I put this too high when I say that a most important if not the most important object of early legislation was the enforcement of LUCKY rites.

The whole history of civilisation, is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

They say, We reject your Bill for this once or these twice, or even these thrice: but if you keep on sending it up, at last we won't reject it.