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Walter Bagehot: But innumerable savages have lost all but completely many of the moral rules most conducive to tribal welfare.

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But innumerable savages have lost all but completely many of the moral rules most conducive to tribal welfare.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot reflects on the loss of moral rules among certain primitive societies and its implications for tribal welfare.

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