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There is nothing in this which needs a single supreme head; it is a pursuit in which a single person does not of necessity dominate.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgThere is nothing in this which needs a single supreme head; it is a pursuit in which a single person does not of necessity dominate.
Bagehot argues that social pursuits do not require a singular leader.
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