Walter Bagehot: “They suffer from the tendency of all modern society to raise the…”

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They suffer from the tendency of all modern society to raise the average, and to lower--comparatively, and perhaps absolutely, to lower--the summit.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot notes that modern society tends to elevate the average individual while diminishing the elite.

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Walter Bagehot: “They suffer from the tendency of all modern society to raise the average, and to lower--comparatively, and perhaps…”