Then you are puzzled.

Do they keep all these outworn things because they are incapable of changing anything, or do these outworn burdens keep them from becoming able to change anything?
I daresay it works both ways.
Every venerable ruin, every outworn custom, makes the King more secure; and the King gives veneration to every ruin and keeps respect for every outworn custom.
Praise God for the Atlantic Ocean! It is the geographical foundation of our liberties.

Yet, as I've often written, there are men here, real men, ruling men, mighty men, and a vigorous stock.
A civilization, especially an old civilization, isn't an easy nut to crack.

But I notice that the men of vision keep their thought on us.

They never forget that we are 100 million strong and that we dare do new things; and they dearly love to ask questions about--Rockefeller! Our power, our adaptability, our potential wealth they never forget.