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... we have derived so much of our own institutions , but because it will exert a widening and liberalizing influence upon the minds of our people , who are too apt to look upon all other governments with a kind of bigoted contempt .
... we have derived so much of our own institutions , but because it will exert a widening and liberalizing influence upon the minds of our people , who are too apt to look upon all other governments with a kind of bigoted contempt .
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The nation indeed generally looks to the discussions in Parliament to enlighten it as to the effect of Bills . But in this case neither party , as a party , could speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives ...
The nation indeed generally looks to the discussions in Parliament to enlighten it as to the effect of Bills . But in this case neither party , as a party , could speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives ...
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The thing looks like injustice , and in a time of popular passion it would not stand . Much short of the compulsory equal division of the Code Napoleon , stringent clauses might be provided to obstruct and prevent these great ...
The thing looks like injustice , and in a time of popular passion it would not stand . Much short of the compulsory equal division of the Code Napoleon , stringent clauses might be provided to obstruct and prevent these great ...
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I cannot look on life peerages in the way in which some of their strongest advocates regard them ; I cannot think of them as a mode in which a permanent opposition or a contrast between the Houses of Lords and Commons is to be remedied ...
I cannot look on life peerages in the way in which some of their strongest advocates regard them ; I cannot think of them as a mode in which a permanent opposition or a contrast between the Houses of Lords and Commons is to be remedied ...
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And in general this works very well Every Minister looks long before he incurs that penalty , and no one incurs it wantonly . But , nevertheless , there are two defects in it . The first is that it may not be a remedy at all ; it may be ...
And in general this works very well Every Minister looks long before he incurs that penalty , and no one incurs it wantonly . But , nevertheless , there are two defects in it . The first is that it may not be a remedy at all ; it may be ...
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| Título | The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays |
| Autor | Walter Bagehot |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | D. Appleton, 1877 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 4 Oct. 2007 |
| Largo | 474 páginas |
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