The English Constitution: And Other Political EssaysD. Appleton, 1877 - 474 páginas |
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... elected member of Parliament , Conservative or Liberal , can ven- ture to say , that I am exceedingly afraid of the ignorant multitude of the new constituencies . I wish to have as great and as compact a power as possible to resist it ...
... elected member of Parliament , Conservative or Liberal , can ven- ture to say , that I am exceedingly afraid of the ignorant multitude of the new constituencies . I wish to have as great and as compact a power as possible to resist it ...
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... elected assembly of rich men were thwarted by a nominated assembly of talkers and writers . Sensible men of substantial means are what we wish to be ruled by , and a peerage of genius would not compare with it in power . It is true ...
... elected assembly of rich men were thwarted by a nominated assembly of talkers and writers . Sensible men of substantial means are what we wish to be ruled by , and a peerage of genius would not compare with it in power . It is true ...
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... elected from a limited constituency they did not contain so many sec- tions of opinion ; they had fewer irritants and fewer species of irritability . But the assemblies of the '48 Republic were disorderly in the extreme . I saw the last ...
... elected from a limited constituency they did not contain so many sec- tions of opinion ; they had fewer irritants and fewer species of irritability . But the assemblies of the '48 Republic were disorderly in the extreme . I saw the last ...
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... elected in one way , at one time , and Congress ( no matter which House ) is elected in another way , at another time . The two have nothing to bind them together , and , in matter of fact , they continually disagree . This was written ...
... elected in one way , at one time , and Congress ( no matter which House ) is elected in another way , at another time . The two have nothing to bind them together , and , in matter of fact , they continually disagree . This was written ...
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... elected yesterday , and will have to reject or re - elect to - morrow . - In finance the most striking effect in America has , on the first view of it , certainly been good . It has enabled the Government to obtain and to keep a vast ...
... elected yesterday , and will have to reject or re - elect to - morrow . - In finance the most striking effect in America has , on the first view of it , certainly been good . It has enabled the Government to obtain and to keep a vast ...
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