Consequently, the two races have long lived together, 'near and yet far off,' daily seeing one another and daily interchanging superficial thoughts, but in the depths of their mind separated by a whole era of civilisation, and so affecting one another only a little in comparison with what might have been hoped.
Bagehot describes the limited impact of cultural exchange between two races separated by significant civilizational gaps.
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