"Most men of business think "Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still."
About Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot was an English journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race. He is known for co-founding the National Review in 1855, and for his works The English Constitution and Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (1873).
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