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It is always the highest class which travels most, knows most of foreign nations, has the least of the territorial sectarianism which calls itself patriotism, and is often thought to be so.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues that the highest social class is often the most knowledgeable about foreign nations.
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