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The dutchman who was in the habit of carrying his grist in one end of the bag and a huge stone in the other to balance it could not be prevailed upon to relinquish the pack. Tis true after much persuasion he have out the stone or divide[[strikethrough]]d[[/strikethrough]] the grist in equal parts [[strikethrough]] p [[/strikethrough]] a half in each end, and acknowledged that it was much lighter, but some how or other it did not fit his shoulders so well as before - and besides the stone had been many times carried to mill by his father and grandfather before him - and he felt disposed to trust to their experience in the matter and he therefore replaced the stone with an expression of regret that he had suffered himself to listen to any new theory about the matter. 

All improvements in the world, whether physical or mental have to encounter this monster prejudice for instance if an improvement be made in a steam engine - you will see all the engineers rail out against it and that too without examing the matter at all.