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FOLKWAYS

A STUDY OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMPOR-

TANCE OF USAGES, MANNERS, CUS-
TOMS, MORES, AND MORALS

BY

WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IN YALE UNIVERSITY

Thus it is clearly seen that use, rather than reason, has
power to introduce new things amongst us, and to do away
with old things. — Castiglione, Il libro del Cortegiano, I, § 1

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat,

Of habits devil, is angel yet in this,

That to the use of actions fair and good

He likewise gives a frock or livery,

That aptly is put on. — Hamlet, III, 4

What custom wills, in all things should we do 't.

Coriolanus, II, 3

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