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The eager restlessness, the highly-strung nervous organisation are useful in continual struggle, and also are promoted by it.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The eager restlessness, the highly-strung nervous organisation are useful in continual struggle, and also are promoted…”
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He highlights the advantages of certain characteristics, such as restlessness, in the context of ongoing struggles in life.
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