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I do not think any who do not acquire--and it takes a hard effort to acquire--this notion of a transmitted nerve element will ever understand 'the connective tissue' of civilisation.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “I do not think any who do not acquire--and it takes a hard effort to acquire--this notion of a transmitted nerve element…”
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He argues that understanding the concept of a transmitted nerve element is crucial for grasping the complexities of civilization.
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But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
He gave an excellent moral example to his contemporaries, but he is an instance of those whose good dies with them, while their evil lives after them.
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