Walter Bagehot: “Those who surmounted that difficulty soon destroyed all those that lay…”

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Those who surmounted that difficulty soon destroyed all those that lay in their way who did not.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot notes the aggressive nature of those who successfully established laws, often at the expense of others.

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But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious.

But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.

All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.

No doubt this momentary gain is bought at a ruinous after-cost.

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Walter Bagehot: “Those who surmounted that difficulty soon destroyed all those that lay in their way who did not.”