Walter Bagehot: “So you could not express the plain thoughts of an Englishman in the…”

On the record

So you could not express the plain thoughts of an Englishman in the grand manner of a Spaniard.

Said by

Walter Bagehot

Source

Bagehot emphasizes the cultural differences in expressing thoughts and ideas across nations.

More from Walter Bagehot

But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious.

No doubt this momentary gain is bought at a ruinous after-cost.

They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.

The progress of the military art is the most conspicuous, I was about to say the most SHOWY, fact in human history.

Other voices in this conversation

Walter Bagehot: “So you could not express the plain thoughts of an Englishman in the grand manner of a Spaniard.”