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Society then is made up, not of individuals, but of families; creeds then descend by inheritance in those families.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Society then is made up, not of individuals, but of families; creeds then descend by inheritance in those families.”
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Bagehot emphasizes that society consists of families and that beliefs are passed down through generations.
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