Walter Bagehot's Quote - History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a l

Quote by Walter Bagehot

History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a l

History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world gave a chance for it. – Walter Bagehot

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