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Walter Bagehot: Much as the old world believed in pure blood, it had very little of it.

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Much as the old world believed in pure blood, it had very little of it.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot critiques the ancient belief in the superiority of pure bloodlines, suggesting its rarity.

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