The larger body of emotion needed as a fountain of energy for men who have to hold their places and rear their families under the intensifying competition of social life, is, other things equal, the correlative of larger brain.
This quote reflects Bagehot's view on the relationship between emotional capacity and intellectual demands in competitive social environments.
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