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The English aristocracy have never been a caste apart, and are not a caste apart now.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The English aristocracy have never been a caste apart, and are not a caste apart now.”
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Bagehot emphasizes that the English aristocracy has never functioned as a separate caste in society.
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