Walter Bagehot: “Education, prison discipline, art, science, civil contingencies of a…”

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Education, prison discipline, art, science, civil contingencies of a hundred kinds, require more money one year and less another.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot points out the fluctuating financial needs of various sectors in society over time.

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