Walter Bagehot: “The aristocracy live in the fear of the middle classes--of the grocer…”

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The aristocracy live in the fear of the middle classes--of the grocer and the merchant.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot notes that the aristocracy is constrained by the influence and expectations of the middle classes.

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Walter Bagehot: “The aristocracy live in the fear of the middle classes--of the grocer and the merchant.”