Gadgets can be engineered, programs can be designed, institutions can be built, but belief has an organic… — Daniel Bell
Gadgets can be engineered, programs can be designed, institutions can be built, but belief has an organic quality, and it cannot be called into being by fiat. Once a faith is shattered, it takes a long time to grow again - for its soil is experience - and to become effective again.
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