The rudest sort of cooperative society, the lowest tribe and the feeblest government, is so much stronger than isolated man, that isolated man (if he ever existed in any shape which could be called man), might very easily have ceased to exist.
Bagehot emphasizes the strength of cooperative societies over isolated individuals, highlighting the importance of social structures for survival.
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