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But what we meant was half right--they worship visible value: obvious, undeniable, intrusive result.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “But what we meant was half right--they worship visible value: obvious, undeniable, intrusive result.”
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Bagehot clarifies that Americans value tangible results rather than abstract concepts of wealth.
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