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A nation which was moved by these superstitions as to luck would be at the mercy of a nation, in other respects equal, which, was not subject to them.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “A nation which was moved by these superstitions as to luck would be at the mercy of a nation, in other respects equal…”
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Bagehot asserts that nations influenced by superstitions are vulnerable in conflicts against rational nations.
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