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The transmitted 'something' is more affected by habits than, it is by anything else.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The transmitted 'something' is more affected by habits than, it is by anything else.”
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Bagehot claims that habits significantly affect what is transmitted to future generations.
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