Walter Bagehot: “England is the type of deferential countries, and the manner in which…”

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England is the type of deferential countries, and the manner in which it is so, and has become so, is extremely curious.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot identifies England as a prime example of a deferential nation and finds its evolution intriguing.

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They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.

They are above corruption because they are the corruptors.

And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!

He had seen that LEISURE is the great need of early societies, and slaves only can give men leisure.

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Walter Bagehot: “England is the type of deferential countries, and the manner in which it is so, and has become so, is extremely curious.”