Walter Bagehot: “No one needs to have this explained; we all know how a kind of subtle…”

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No one needs to have this explained; we all know how a kind of subtle influence makes us imitate or try to imitate the manner of those around us.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot reflects on the natural human tendency to mimic the behaviors of those around us.

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