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It creates a set of persons born to work that others may not work, and not to think in order that others may think.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “It creates a set of persons born to work that others may not work, and not to think in order that others may think.”
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Bagehot critiques the nature of slavery, suggesting it creates a class of people who work for the benefit of others without thinking.
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