When the reason of old establishments is gone, it is absurd to keep nothing but the burthen of them.…

When the reason of old establishments is gone, it is absurd to keep nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcase not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it.

См. Как мудрено истреблять закоренелые предрассудки, в которых низкие души находят свои выгоды.