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We need not go as far as savages to learn that lesson; we need only talk to the English poor or to our own servants, and we shall be taught it very completely.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “We need not go as far as savages to learn that lesson; we need only talk to the English poor or to our own servants, and…”
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Bagehot suggests that lessons about morality can be learned from the experiences of the English poor and servants.
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