Of National Characters (1748) [ Concepts ]
… mind, they are commonly thoughtless and ignorant. It is a trite, but not altogether a false maxim, that priests of all religions are the same ; and though the character of the profession will not, in every instance, prevail over the … also observed to have a character peculiar to themselves. Fifthly . Where any accident, as a difference in language or religion, keeps two nations, inhabiting the same country, from mixing with each other, they will preserve, during several … nobles and landed gentry, like Germany, France, and Spain, the same effect follows. The genius of a particular sect or religion is also apt to mould the manners of a people. But the English government is a mixture of monarchy, aristocracy, …
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