Walter Bagehot: “It was the irritable activity, the 'wish to be doing something,' that…”

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It was the irritable activity, the 'wish to be doing something,' that prevented it.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot attributes the delay in scientific advancement to humanity's restless desire for action.

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Walter Bagehot: “It was the irritable activity, the 'wish to be doing something,' that prevented it.”