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Quote by Walter Bagehot
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food ha

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. – Walter Bagehot

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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. – Walter Bagehot

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