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Why have the real fortunes of mankind been so different from the fortunes which we should expect?
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Why have the real fortunes of mankind been so different from the fortunes which we should expect?”
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Bagehot ponders the disparity between the actual fortunes of mankind and those that would be expected.
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