The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a… — Walter Bagehot
The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm.
1872
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Bagehot, Walter. Physics and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2010, ch. 5.
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Bagehot, Walter. Physics and Politics. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873, ch. 5.
