Walter Bagehot: “There is an odd idea that those who take what is called a 'scientific…”

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There is an odd idea that those who take what is called a 'scientific view' of history need rate lightly the influence of individual character.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot critiques the notion that a scientific perspective on history diminishes the role of individual character.

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