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Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society

by Walter Bagehot

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Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Walter Bagehot. Catalog subjects include Evolution; Political science; Nationalism. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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English
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B2–C1 · Deep reading

Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society is calibrated from 39,013 sampled words across 9 chapters: sentences average 28.6 words, 50.6% exceed 24 words and 9.1% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Extended sentences averaging 28.6 words, with 20.9% reaching 40 words or more

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9.1% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

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Table of contents

9 chapters

  1. 01CONTENTS.23 min
  2. 02III.10 min
  3. 03IV.12 min
  4. 04NO. II THE USE OF CONFLICT.27 min
  5. 05III. — Section 518 min
  6. 06NO. III NATION-MAKING.35 min
  7. 07NO. IV. NATION-MAKING.51 min
  8. 08NO. V. THE AGE OF DISCUSSION.56 min
  9. 09NO. VI. VERIFIABLE PROGRESS POLITICALLY CONSIDERED.22 min
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