Every nation has a national purpose of its own. Either in obedience to the Law of nature, or by virtue of the superior genius of the great ones, the social manners and customs of every nation are being moulded into shape, so as to bring that purpose to fruition. In the life of every nation, besides that purpose and those manners and customs that are essentially necessary to effect that purpose, all others are superfluous. It does not matter much whether those superfluous customs and manners grow or disappear; but a nation is sure to die when the main purpose of its life is hurt. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From "The East and the West," originally written in Bengali. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Part-5. Page-457.
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