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People, in all but the most favoured times and places, are rooted to the places where they were born, think the thoughts of those places, can endure no other thoughts.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “People, in all but the most favoured times and places, are rooted to the places where they were born, think the thoughts…”
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Bagehot notes that people are often deeply tied to their birthplace and its prevailing thoughts.
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