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Walter Bagehot: Early in history the continual mixtures by conquest were just so many experiments in mixing races as are going on in…

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Early in history the continual mixtures by conquest were just so many experiments in mixing races as are going on in South America now.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot draws parallels between historical conquests and contemporary racial mixing in South America.

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