Walter Bagehot: “Conquest is the missionary of valour, and the hard impact of military…”

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Conquest is the missionary of valour, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot metaphorically describes conquest as a force that instills valor and eliminates meanness.

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Walter Bagehot: “Conquest is the missionary of valour, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.”