This state of affairs explains many things in our historic educational traditions.
"Not only these Bolsheviki," he said, "but the fine traditions of the Russian army are broken down.
From the very day we entered, the class as a unit has always stood for the very best traditions of West Point."
The whites have assisted greatly in rendering the traditions of the Aborigines more obscure by their own manner of corrupting names.
To emphasize the importance of these effects it is only necessary to recall that the constellations register the oldest traditions of our race.
Unreasoning imitation, family traditions, parental wishes, class pride, social prejudice, childish whim, are often decisive of the life career.
"The life we lived here," said the doctor, "has left its traces in traditions, in mental predispositions, in still unanalyzed fundamental ideas."
This is the primary defect of popular government, a defect inherent in its traditions, and all its other defects can, I believe, be traced to this one.
Each foreign element in a community had its own intellectual life and immemorial tribal traditions, which reflected ancient habits of life and perpetuated the doctrines of eponymous ancestors.