Walter Bagehot: “It only comprehends what is familiar to it--what comes into its own…”

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It only comprehends what is familiar to it--what comes into its own experience, what squares with its own thoughts.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot explains that people only understand what aligns with their own experiences and thoughts.

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Walter Bagehot: “It only comprehends what is familiar to it--what comes into its own experience, what squares with its own thoughts.”