A full estimate of these effects would require a great book, and I am sure I could not write it; but I think I may usefully, in a few papers, show how, upon one or two great points, the new ideas are modifying two old sciences--politics and political economy.
Bagehot expresses his intention to explore how new ideas are influencing traditional fields like politics and economics.
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The whole history of civilisation, is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
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