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Certainly, too, nations did not originate by simple natural selection, as wild varieties of animals (I do not speak now of species) no doubt arise in nature.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Certainly, too, nations did not originate by simple natural selection, as wild varieties of animals (I do not speak now…”
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Bagehot discusses the origins of nations and challenges the idea that they arise solely through natural selection.
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