And the conclusion is plain that if there had been more such people, if the world had not laughed at those there were, if rather it had encouraged them there would have been a great accumulation of proved science ages before there was.
Bagehot suggests that societal encouragement of thinkers could have accelerated scientific progress.
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And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!
And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.
In early society, originality in life was forbidden and repressed by the fixed rule of life.
Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
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