How was that complex moral code—so uncongenial to our nature, so irritating with its “Thou shalt nots”—inculcated and maintained through five special institutions that are all in disrepair today: the family, the church, the school, the law, and the public opinion that these helped to form?-------------------------------------/
Durant, Will. Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age (pp. 17-18). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.