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I do not myself believe that the suggestion of Sir Henry Maine--for he does not, it will be seen, offer it as a confident theory--is an adequate account of the true origin of politics.
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Walter Bagehot
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He expresses skepticism about Sir Henry Maine's theory regarding the origins of politics.
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