Walter Bagehot: “It is almost beyond imagination how man, as we know man, could by any…”

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It is almost beyond imagination how man, as we know man, could by any sort of process have gained this step in civilisation.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot expresses the difficulty of imagining how humans achieved significant advancements in civilization.

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The Parliament, the laws, the press were human institutions; but the Monarchy was a Divine institution.

He had seen that LEISURE is the great need of early societies, and slaves only can give men leisure.

The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.

Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.

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