69:0.3 Civilized man takes great [[pride]] in the [[character]], [[stability]], and [[continuity]] of his [[established]] [[institutions]], but all [[human]] institutions are merely the accumulated [[mores]] of the [[past]] as they have been [[conserved]] by [[taboos]] and dignified by [[religion]]. Such [[legacies]] become [[traditions]], and traditions ultimately [[metamorphose]] into [[conventions]]. | 69:0.3 Civilized man takes great [[pride]] in the [[character]], [[stability]], and [[continuity]] of his [[established]] [[institutions]], but all [[human]] institutions are merely the accumulated [[mores]] of the [[past]] as they have been [[conserved]] by [[taboos]] and dignified by [[religion]]. Such [[legacies]] become [[traditions]], and traditions ultimately [[metamorphose]] into [[conventions]]. |