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Even the minority could only be described as anti - Gladstone , just as the
majority could only be described as pro - Gladstone . The remains , too , of the
old electoral organisation were exceedingly powerful ; the old voters voted as
they had ...
Even the minority could only be described as anti - Gladstone , just as the
majority could only be described as pro - Gladstone . The remains , too , of the
old electoral organisation were exceedingly powerful ; the old voters voted as
they had ...
Page xxv
By their commanding influence in many boroughs and counties the Lords
nominated a considerable part of the Commons ; the majority of the other part
were the richer gentry - men in most respects like the Lords , and sympathising
with the ...
By their commanding influence in many boroughs and counties the Lords
nominated a considerable part of the Commons ; the majority of the other part
were the richer gentry - men in most respects like the Lords , and sympathising
with the ...
Page xxviii
... voice of the people may be so strong , and may be conveyed through so many
organs , that it may be assumed to be lasting . Englishmen are so very
miscellaneous , that that which has really convinced a great and varied majority
of ...
... voice of the people may be so strong , and may be conveyed through so many
organs , that it may be assumed to be lasting . Englishmen are so very
miscellaneous , that that which has really convinced a great and varied majority
of ...
Page xxix
mate rule , that the House of Lords ought , on a first - class subject , to be slow -
very slow - in rejecting a Bill passed even once by a large majority of the House
of Commons . I would not of course lay this down as an unvarying rule ; as I have
...
mate rule , that the House of Lords ought , on a first - class subject , to be slow -
very slow - in rejecting a Bill passed even once by a large majority of the House
of Commons . I would not of course lay this down as an unvarying rule ; as I have
...
Page xxx
And this is precisely the effect of a division between Lords and Commons . The
two great bodies of the educated rich go to the constituencies to decide between
them , and the majority of the constituencies now consist of the uneducated poor .
And this is precisely the effect of a division between Lords and Commons . The
two great bodies of the educated rich go to the constituencies to decide between
them , and the majority of the constituencies now consist of the uneducated poor .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Constitution Volume 3 of The Paternoster library |
| Author | Walter Bagehot |
| Publisher | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 292 pages |
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