Walter Bagehot: “It begets a mind desirous of things, careless of ideas, not acquainted…”

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It begets a mind desirous of things, careless of ideas, not acquainted with the niceties of words.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot warns that an obsession with materialism can lead to a neglect of deeper ideas and language.

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Walter Bagehot: “It begets a mind desirous of things, careless of ideas, not acquainted with the niceties of words.”