"You renounce progress, the new justice, the peace of the world, freedom of thought; you submit to tradition.

You consent to the ancient error, the good old-fashioned ignorance, the venerable iniquity of our forbears.

You withdraw into the French tradition, you submit to ancient custom, to the authority of our ancestors." "Whence do you obtain custom and tradition ?" asked Trablet.

"Whence do you receive authority?
There are irreconcilable traditions, diverse customs; and opposed authorities.

The dead do not impose any one will upon us.