<span>When a social group is isolated for a long time, customs tend to ossify - making change difficult.
The verb <em>to ossify </em>in its primary meaning refers to bones hardening, to stiffening, fossilizing, solidifying, hardening. Its metaphorical meaning would be to stagnate, to cause difficulties, to cease developing, which is the meaning in the sentence above. </span>
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The content of the message was extraordinarily important
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I could be wrong, but it says "The foreign secretary wanted to be <u>certain that this message reached von Bernstorff"</u> so it seems like the best option.
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Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance
