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A Shelley in New England could hardly have lived, and a race of Shelleys would have been impossible.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “A Shelley in New England could hardly have lived, and a race of Shelleys would have been impossible.”
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Bagehot suggests that the cultural environment in New England would not have supported a figure like Shelley.
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