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Within certain limits vigorous and elevated thought was respected in Elizabeth's time, and, therefore, vigorous and elevated thinkers were many; and the effect went far beyond the cause.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot discusses the respect for intellectual thought during the Elizabethan era and its broader implications.
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