Walter Bagehot: “I wish the art of benefiting men had kept pace with the art of…”

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I wish the art of benefiting men had kept pace with the art of destroying them; for though war has become slow, philanthropy has remained hasty.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot expresses a desire for the advancement of philanthropy to match the lethargy of war.

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