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2017交通银行内蒙古分行校园招聘考试英语基础知识试题（七）阅读理解In?studying?both?the?recurrence?of?special?habits?or?ideas?in?several?districts,?and?their?prevalence?within?each?district,?there?come?before?us?ever-reiterated?proofs?of?regular?causation?producing?the?phenomena?of?human?life,?and?of?laws?of?maintenance?and?diffusion?conditions?of?society,?at?definite?stages?of?culture.?But,?while?giving?full?importance?to?the?evidence?bearing?on?these?standard?conditions?of?society,?let?us?be?careful?to?avoid?a?pitfall?which?may?entrap?the?unwary?student.?Of?course,?the?opinions?and?habits?belonging?in?common?to?masses?of?mankind?are?to?a?great?extent?the?results?of?sound?judgment?and?practical?wisdom.?But?to?a?great?extent?it?is?not?so.?That?many?numerous?societies?of?men?should?have?believed?in?the?influence?of?the?evil?eye?and?the?existence?of?a?firmament,?should?have?sacrificed?slaves?and?goods?to?the?ghosts?of?the?departed,?should?have?handed?down?traditions?of?giants?slaying?monsters?and?men?turning?into?beasts—all?this?is?ground?for?holding?that?such?ideas?were?indeed?produced?in?men’s?minds?by?efficient?causes,?but?it?is?not?ground?for?holding?that?the?rites?in?question?are?profitable,?the?beliefs?sound,?and?the?history?authentic.?This?may?seem?at?the?first?glance?a?truism,?but,?in?fact,?it?is?the?denial?of?a?fallacy?which?deeply?affects?the?minds?of?all?but?a?small?critical?minority?of?mankind.?Popularly,?what?everybody?says?must?be?true,?what?everybody?does?must?be?right.There?are?various?topics,?especially?in?history,?law,?philosophy,?and?theology,?where?even?the?educated?people?we?live?among?can?hardly?be?brought?to?see?that?the?cause?why?men?do?hold?an?opinion,?or?practise?a?custom,?is?by?no?means?necessarily?a?reason?why?they?ought?to?do?so.?Now?collections?of?ethnographic?evidence,?bringing?so?prominently?into?view?the?agreement?of?immense?multitudes?of?men?as?to?certain?traditions,?beliefs,?and?usages,?are?peculiarly?liable?to?be?thus?improperly?used?in?direct?defense?of?these?inst