On the record
All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.
Said by
Walter Bagehot
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Bagehot asserts that all savage religions are steeped in superstitions related to luck.
Share
More from Walter Bagehot
But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.
In early society, originality in life was forbidden and repressed by the fixed rule of life.
The whole history of civilisation, is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
Other voices in this conversation
