178 CEREMONIAL INSTITUTIONS. 



rate the triumphs of savages over their foes, titles have ex 

 panded, multiplied, and differentiated, as conquests have 

 formed large societies by consolidation and re-consolidation 

 of small ones; and that, belonging to the social type gener 

 ated by habitual war, they tend to lose their uses and their 

 values, in proportion as this type is replaced by one fitted 

 for carrying on the pursuits of peace. 



