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In modern times, when society is more tolerant, new national characters are neither so strong, so featurely, nor so uniform.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “In modern times, when society is more tolerant, new national characters are neither so strong, so featurely, nor so…”
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He observes that modern society's tolerance leads to less distinct national identities.
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