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This is society as it grew up in Greece or Italy, as it grows up now in any American or colonial town.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “This is society as it grew up in Greece or Italy, as it grows up now in any American or colonial town.”
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Bagehot compares the development of society in ancient Greece and Italy to contemporary American and colonial towns.
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