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Every schoolboy must have felt that nothing but amazing folly and unmatched mismanagement saved Greece from conquest both in the time of Xerxes and in that of Darius.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgEvery schoolboy must have felt that nothing but amazing folly and unmatched mismanagement saved Greece from conquest both in the time of Xerxes and in that of Darius.
Bagehot critiques the failures of Persian leadership that allowed Greece to avoid conquest during critical historical moments.
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