Walter Bagehot: “When once the predominant type was determined, the copying propensity…”

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When once the predominant type was determined, the copying propensity of man did the rest.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot asserts that once a societal model is established, human behavior tends to follow it.

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Walter Bagehot: “When once the predominant type was determined, the copying propensity of man did the rest.”