Walter Bagehot: “The whole mind of a modern savage is, so to say, tattooed over with…”

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The whole mind of a modern savage is, so to say, tattooed over with monstrous images; there is not a smooth place anywhere about it.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot describes the intricate and troubled nature of a modern savage's mind, filled with disturbing images.

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