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We are dealing with people capable of history when we speak of great ideas, not with prehistoric flint-men or the present savages.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “We are dealing with people capable of history when we speak of great ideas, not with prehistoric flint-men or the…”
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He distinguishes between historical peoples and those who are prehistoric or uncivilized in their capacity for ideas.
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