Walter Bagehot: “Why, then, have not the obvious and natural causes of progress (as we…”

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Why, then, have not the obvious and natural causes of progress (as we should call them) produced those obvious and natural effects?

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot questions why expected causes of progress have not led to the anticipated outcomes.

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