Book: The extraordinary adventure of one Hans Pfaall

We soon felt what the notorious freedom, endless speeches, radicalism and similar jokes lead to. The people who were our best customers now had no time to think about us sinners. They only knew what to read about revolutions, follow the progress of human thought and adapt to the spirit of the times.

... man - the faithful servant habits, and many little things of everyday life just seem to him essential, and in fact, they became such solely by habits.