And it is a great advantage, to say the least of it, in the evolution theory that it enables us to remit this difficulty to a pre-existing period in nature, where other instincts and powers than our present ones may perhaps have come into play, and where our imagination can hardly travel.
Bagehot highlights the advantage of evolutionary theory in addressing challenges of understanding human progress.
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There is no ELASTIC element, everything is rigid, specified, dated.
Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.
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