Walter Bagehot: “Lastly, a polity of discussion not only tends to diminish our…”

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Lastly, a polity of discussion not only tends to diminish our inherited defects, but also, in one case at least, to augment a heritable excellence.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot argues that a discussion-based polity can reduce inherited defects and enhance certain beneficial traits.

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