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Climate is clearly not THE force which makes nations, for it does not always make them, and they are often made without it.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Climate is clearly not THE force which makes nations, for it does not always make them, and they are often made without…”
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Bagehot asserts that climate is not the sole determinant in the formation of nations.
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