The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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Página vii
... statesmen were trained by that old Constitution . It is not really tested till it comes to be worked by statesmen and among a people neither of whom are guided by a different experience . In one respect we are indeed particularly likely ...
... statesmen were trained by that old Constitution . It is not really tested till it comes to be worked by statesmen and among a people neither of whom are guided by a different experience . In one respect we are indeed particularly likely ...
Página ix
... statesmen -- if I may so call them - Lord Derby , Lord Russell , Lord Palmerston retained great power . Lord Palmerston to the last retained great prohibitive power . Though in some ways always young , he had not a particle of sympathy ...
... statesmen -- if I may so call them - Lord Derby , Lord Russell , Lord Palmerston retained great power . Lord Palmerston to the last retained great prohibitive power . Though in some ways always young , he had not a particle of sympathy ...
Página xvii
... statesmen have the greatest oppor- tunities they have had for many years , and likewise the greatest duty . They have to guide the new voters in the exercise of the franchise ; to guide them quietly , and without saying what they are ...
... statesmen have the greatest oppor- tunities they have had for many years , and likewise the greatest duty . They have to guide the new voters in the exercise of the franchise ; to guide them quietly , and without saying what they are ...
Página xviii
... statesmen will have suggested bad issues . They will have suggested topics which will bind the poor as a class together ; topics which will excite them against the rich ; topics the discussion of which in the only form in which that ...
... statesmen will have suggested bad issues . They will have suggested topics which will bind the poor as a class together ; topics which will excite them against the rich ; topics the discussion of which in the only form in which that ...
Página xix
... statesmen have great power ; when there is no fire lighted they can settle what fire shall be lit. And as the new suffrage is happily to be tried in a quiet time , the responsibility of our statesmen is great because their power is ...
... statesmen have great power ; when there is no fire lighted they can settle what fire shall be lit. And as the new suffrage is happily to be tried in a quiet time , the responsibility of our statesmen is great because their power is ...
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