...systems performed the educative functions of government less well. In Britain the legislative body was 'the great scene of debate, the great engine of popular instruction and political controversy', but in the United States, public opinion and political engagement were weak because the legislative...

...rather than presidential system of government because Parliament had the useful junction ofservingas "the great scene of debate, the great engine of popular instruction and political controversy. "* In his final major work, Physics and Politics (1872), he went so far as to praise "government by...

...introduces also the element of individuality. As Mr. Bagehot has it : " This critical oppo...J sition is the consequence of cabinet government. The great...debate, the great engine of popular instruction and controversy, is the legislative assembly. A speech there by an eminent statesman, a party movement...