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Everybody was born to a place in the community: in that place he had to stay: in that place he found certain duties which he had to fulfil, and which were all he needed to think of.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Everybody was born to a place in the community: in that place he had to stay: in that place he found certain duties…”
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Bagehot describes the rigid social structures of early communities where individuals had predetermined roles.
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