success because we do care what others think and are certain to hear it.
Thus, belief can be and is maintained by the creation of institutions in society which act to sustain belief:
Let an institution be create which shall have for its object to keep correct doctrines before the attention of the people, to reiterate them perpetually, and to teach them to the young, having at the same time the power to prevent contrary doctrines from being taught, advocated, or expressed (Pierce 26).
This has long been a major means of upholding correct theological and political ideas.
However, there is no institution which can regulate opinion on every subject, and since only the most important can be addressed in this way, hu
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