At last it strikes you that they grew up, house by house, on the devious tracks of the old green lanes; and if you follow on to the existing fields, you may often find the change half complete.
Bagehot explains how the development of cities reflects the historical evolution of political structures over time.
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There is no ELASTIC element, everything is rigid, specified, dated.
But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious.
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