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An extrinsic chief is the fit corrector of such errors.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “An extrinsic chief is the fit corrector of such errors.”
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He identifies an external chief as a necessary corrective for organizational errors.
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