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But if the country be a progressive, eager, changing one, soon the bureau will either cramp improvement, or be destroyed itself.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “But if the country be a progressive, eager, changing one, soon the bureau will either cramp improvement, or be destroyed…”
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Bagehot warns that a progressive society may outgrow its bureaucratic structures, leading to inefficiencies.
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