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In certain respects each born generation is not like the last born; and in certain other respects it is like the last.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “In certain respects each born generation is not like the last born; and in certain other respects it is like the last.”
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Bagehot points out that each generation has unique traits while also sharing characteristics with the previous one.
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