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To diagnose truly this malady we must look to some cause that is coterminous in time with the disease itself and which has been operative throughout civilization.
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Beck calls for a deeper examination of the causes of societal malady, suggesting they are rooted in historical context.
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To this we owe the elasticity of the instrument.
Man has danced upon the verge of a social abyss, and, as previously suggested, the dancing has, both in form and in accompanying music, lost its former grace and reverted to the primitive forms of crude vulgarity.
Assuredly, the man of to-day, with the rich heritage of countless ages, can do no less.
The spirit of man had a new birth and was breaking away from the too rigid bonds of ancient custom and authority.
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