The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that … - Walter Bagehot

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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.

Walter Bagehot

The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened by hidden causes, a small accident may greatly hurt it, and a great accident for a moment may almost destroy it.

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