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Excerpt from Journal of Social Science, Vol. 4: Containing the Proceedings of the American Association
It is true many of their habits have long remained unchanged, and the judgment we form of communities is often based almost exclusively upon observation of their habits. But social habits are not all that make up human society; intelligence, Opinions, vices, and laws are equally constituents. I do not say that in Oriental countries change has always been for the better, or that progress has always been upward. I know that the contrary has been the fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
