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The foreign bureaux are filled with a selection from the ablest men of the nation, but only a very few of the best men approach the English offices.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The foreign bureaux are filled with a selection from the ablest men of the nation, but only a very few of the best men…”
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Bagehot points out that while the foreign offices attract the nation's best, the English offices struggle to do the same.
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