Walter Bagehot: “The habits of the tribe are enforced on the child; if he is able to…”

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The habits of the tribe are enforced on the child; if he is able to catch and copy them he lives; if he cannot he dies.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot explains that a child's survival depends on their ability to adopt the tribe's habits.

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Walter Bagehot: “The habits of the tribe are enforced on the child; if he is able to catch and copy them he lives; if he cannot he dies.”