The Idea of Grace again: from "The meaning of a literary idea"

[ish mailian]

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual
of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons
having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose
meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding.

Trilling
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