Walter Bagehot: “It is by examining very bare, very dull, very unpromising things, that…”

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It is by examining very bare, very dull, very unpromising things, that modern science has come to be what it is.

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Walter Bagehot

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He argues that the progress of modern science is rooted in the examination of seemingly mundane subjects.

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They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.

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

The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.

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Walter Bagehot: “It is by examining very bare, very dull, very unpromising things, that modern science has come to be what it is.”