The Famines of the World: Past And Present ..
The Famines of the World: Past And Present ..
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I can see that your people do many things Digitized by VjOOQ IC 72 THE FUTUBE COMMONWEALTH.
that we wonld not thin^ of doing, and you seom to think that l^ey have no better leason for it except that it need to be thonght thff right thing in the pasf •Precisely eo/' I answered. "Thus if our ancestora had never gone to church, never observed tho Sunday, the rensona now given wpqld not be deemed safficient to eetablish the custom.
This matter of church-goinj? is in itself of small importance, but ...it shows the tendency to hold on to old habits which prevents more important changes.'' *^hen, Mr. Baloom, the trouble fteemsto be in the conser- vative character of the people as much as in their religion." ^Yea and no. Not in the special religion, for the Buddhists and the Mahomeddans are yet more conservative than we are, but the influence of all so-called revealed religions is to chrys- talyse the character and customs and thus prevent improvement.
^At the heginning, when first promu^ted, they are u great force to impel forward civilization, but when their work is accomplished, and their strength has spent itself, they cannot be modified to suit the new conditions they themselves have helped to create^ for tliey are supposed to come directly from God, eo all the influence of their believers is exerted to pre- vent changes which would leave all their paraphernalia high, dry and useless.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I can see that your people do many things Digitized by VjOOQ IC 72 THE FUTUBE COMMONWEALTH.
that we wonld not thin^ of doing, and you seom to think that l^ey have no better leason for it except that it need to be thonght thff right thing in the pasf •Precisely eo/' I answered. "Thus if our ancestora had never gone to church, never observed tho Sunday, the rensona now given wpqld not be deemed safficient to eetablish the custom.
This matter of church-goinj? is in itself of small importance, but ...it shows the tendency to hold on to old habits which prevents more important changes.'' *^hen, Mr. Baloom, the trouble fteemsto be in the conser- vative character of the people as much as in their religion." ^Yea and no. Not in the special religion, for the Buddhists and the Mahomeddans are yet more conservative than we are, but the influence of all so-called revealed religions is to chrys- talyse the character and customs and thus prevent improvement.
^At the heginning, when first promu^ted, they are u great force to impel forward civilization, but when their work is accomplished, and their strength has spent itself, they cannot be modified to suit the new conditions they themselves have helped to create^ for tliey are supposed to come directly from God, eo all the influence of their believers is exerted to pre- vent changes which would leave all their paraphernalia high, dry and useless.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cornelius Walford to read onlineMoreLess
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