Education is diffused much, and is fast spreading, Ignorant emigrants from the Old World often prize the intellectual advantages of which they are themselves destitute, and are annoyed at their inferiority in a place where rudimentary culture is so common.
Bagehot notes that education is rapidly spreading in new communities, which influences the political awareness of immigrants.
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