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It will be likely to overlook the end in the means; it will fail from narrowness of mind; it will be eager in seeming to do; it will be idle in real doing.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot describes the dangers of losing sight of goals due to narrow-mindedness in organizations.
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