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is of customs and prejudices, constitutes history. 

 The mirror of the past is exhibited in the conscious- 

 ness of the collective individual which is called 

 a nation. What link shall we have with former 

 generations if not a heritage of their ideas i.e. of 

 their discoveries and their mistakes ? Nations, 

 like individuals, are continually modifying this 

 inherited legacy, but, like the individual, they 

 cannot get away from it without breaking the 

 thread which has made them themselves." 



