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The history of many nations is like the stage of the English drama: one scene is succeeded on a sudden by a scene quite different,--a cottage by a palace, and a windmill by a fortress.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot likens the history of nations to a dramatic play, highlighting sudden and stark contrasts in development.
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