Walter Bagehot: “The most useful modern remedies were often discovered in this bare…”

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The most useful modern remedies were often discovered in this bare, empirical way.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot notes that many modern remedies were discovered through empirical methods.

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Walter Bagehot: “The most useful modern remedies were often discovered in this bare, empirical way.”