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We establish institutions to uplift men. The institutions turn themselves by degrees into vested interests. The original purpose is then lost and a selfish purpose replaces it. The consequence is that men are both affected and infected by this moral deterioration of the institutions. They are no longer helped to rise, nor even prevented from falling.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 4 : Organized Groups > # 74