"It is good if we know something about the customs of different peoples, so that we can then judge our own more clearly, and not think, like those who have never seen anything, that what is contrary to what is fashionable in our country is ridiculous and unreasonable.
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It is good if we know something about the customs of different peoples, so that we can then judge our own more clearly, and not think, like those who have never seen anything, that what is contrary to what is fashionable in our country is ridiculous and unreasonable.
""Jó, ha valamit tudunk a különböző népek szokásaiból, hogy jelesebben ítélhessünk azután a magunkéiról, s ne gondoljuk, mint azok, kik semmit sem láttak, hogy ami a nálunk divatossal ellenkezik, nevetséges s észellenes."