But the peculiarity of Judaea--a peculiarity which I do not for a moment pretend that I can explain--is that the prophetic revelations are, taken as a whole, indisputably improvements; that they contain, as time goes on, at each succeeding epoch, higher and better views of religion.
Bagehot remarks on the progressive nature of prophetic revelations in Judaea over time.
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