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A religion full of omens is a military misfortune, and will bring a nation to destruction if set to fight with a nation at all equal otherwise, who had a religion without omens.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot claims that religions filled with omens can lead to a nation's downfall in warfare.
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