Walter Bagehot: “Scarcely any one can help yielding to the current infatuations of his…”

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Scarcely any one can help yielding to the current infatuations of his sect or party.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot notes the tendency of individuals to conform to the beliefs of their groups or parties.

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Walter Bagehot: “Scarcely any one can help yielding to the current infatuations of his sect or party.”