Anybody who inquires will find even in England, and even in these days of assimilation, parish peculiarities which arose, no doubt, from some old accident, and have been heedfully preserved by customary copying.
He points out that even in modern England, unique local characteristics persist due to historical accidents and cultural preservation.
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