Mill says, "Yet the people of any given age and country no more suspect any difficulty in it, than if it were a subject on which mankind had always been agreed. The rules which obtain among themselves appear to them self-evident and self-justifying. This all but universal illusion is one of the examples of the magical influence of _______, which is not only, as the proverb says, a second nature, but is continually mistaken for the first."

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Mill is describing how people often don't question the customs and norms of their own society, even if those customs seem arbitrary or unjustified. He notes that this is a widespread phenomenon, and that people often mistake these customs for being an inherent aspect of human nature or universal truth. Therefore, the best choice is (A) custom.

Mill Says, "Yet the People of Any Given Age and Country