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The irritability of mankind, too, is only part of their imperfect, transitory civilisation and of their original savage nature.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The irritability of mankind, too, is only part of their imperfect, transitory civilisation and of their original savage…”
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Bagehot connects human irritability to the remnants of our savage origins and the fragility of civilization.
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