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Page vii
... natural therefore that he should look across the Atlantic if he desired to find a parallel , and perhaps a contrast , to the constitution he had undertaken to discuss . For purposes of illustration he could not , I sup- pose , have done ...
... natural therefore that he should look across the Atlantic if he desired to find a parallel , and perhaps a contrast , to the constitution he had undertaken to discuss . For purposes of illustration he could not , I sup- pose , have done ...
Page xii
... natural to a free assembly , and sufficiently flexible to be in touch with public opinion , is organization by Party . The first of these doctrines must obviously affect our views on the House of Lords ; the second and third , less ...
... natural to a free assembly , and sufficiently flexible to be in touch with public opinion , is organization by Party . The first of these doctrines must obviously affect our views on the House of Lords ; the second and third , less ...
Page xx
... natural product ? Admittedly it works through Party at every stage - Party Cabinets in Downing Street , Party majorities in the House of Commons , Party majorities in the constituencies . These cannot of themselves give us unity ...
... natural product ? Admittedly it works through Party at every stage - Party Cabinets in Downing Street , Party majorities in the House of Commons , Party majorities in the constituencies . These cannot of themselves give us unity ...
Page xxii
... natural inclination to liberty and no natural respect for law ; if they lack good humour and tolerate foul play ; if they know not how to compromise or when ; if they have not that distrust of extreme conclusions which is some- times ...
... natural inclination to liberty and no natural respect for law ; if they lack good humour and tolerate foul play ; if they know not how to compromise or when ; if they have not that distrust of extreme conclusions which is some- times ...
Page xxvii
... book because it has the nature rather of an epilogue than of a prologue , and because the removal leaves the reader free ( as in the first edition ) to open at once on the main theme . THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION NO . I. THE CABINET ' ON.
... book because it has the nature rather of an epilogue than of a prologue , and because the removal leaves the reader free ( as in the first edition ) to open at once on the main theme . THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION NO . I. THE CABINET ' ON.
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