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In consequence , at his death a new generation all at once started into life ; the
pre - ' 32 all at once died out . Most of the new politicians were men who might
well have been Lord Palmerston ' s grandchildren . He came into Parliament in ...
In consequence , at his death a new generation all at once started into life ; the
pre - ' 32 all at once died out . Most of the new politicians were men who might
well have been Lord Palmerston ' s grandchildren . He came into Parliament in ...
Page xii
New questions would have appeared at once . A political country is like an
American forest : you have only to cut down the old trees , and immediately new
trees come up to replace them ; the seeds were waiting in the ground , and they
began ...
New questions would have appeared at once . A political country is like an
American forest : you have only to cut down the old trees , and immediately new
trees come up to replace them ; the seeds were waiting in the ground , and they
began ...
Page xv
I am afraid I must put aside at once the idea that it will be altered entirely and
altered for the better . I cannot expect that the new class of voters will be at all
more able to form sound opinions on complex questions than the old voters .
There was ...
I am afraid I must put aside at once the idea that it will be altered entirely and
altered for the better . I cannot expect that the new class of voters will be at all
more able to form sound opinions on complex questions than the old voters .
There was ...
Page xxvii
There are some people who lay down a sort of mechanical test : they say the
House of Lords should be at liberty to reject a measure passed by the Commons
once or more , and then if the INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . xxvii
.
There are some people who lay down a sort of mechanical test : they say the
House of Lords should be at liberty to reject a measure passed by the Commons
once or more , and then if the INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . xxvii
.
Page xxviii
the Commons once or more , and then if the Commons send it up again and
again , infer that the nation is determined . But no important practical question in
real life can be uniformly settled by a fixed and formal rule in this way . This rule ...
the Commons once or more , and then if the Commons send it up again and
again , infer that the nation is determined . But no important practical question in
real life can be uniformly settled by a fixed and formal rule in this way . This rule ...
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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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