They have lived all their lives in an atmosphere of probabilities and of doubt, where nothing is very clear, where there are some chances for many events, where there is much to be said for several courses, where nevertheless one course must be determinedly chosen and fixedly adhered to.
Bagehot describes the complex decision-making environment faced by business people.
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But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!
We have thus a whole group of ancient republics of non-Aryan race, and one which, being more ancient than the classical republics, could not have borrowed from or imitated them.
Nothing promotes intellect like intellectual discussion, and nothing promotes intellectual discussion so much as government by discussion.
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