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Page xv
They have no time to improve themselves , for they are labouring the whole day
through ; and their early education was so small that in most cases it is dubious
whether even if they had much time , they could use INTRODUCTION TO THE ...
They have no time to improve themselves , for they are labouring the whole day
through ; and their early education was so small that in most cases it is dubious
whether even if they had much time , they could use INTRODUCTION TO THE ...
Page xx
... questions on which those orders are likely to be wrong ; if they raise questions
on which the interest of those orders is not identical with , or is antagonistic to ,
the whole interest of the State , they will have done the greatest harm they can do
.
... questions on which those orders are likely to be wrong ; if they raise questions
on which the interest of those orders is not identical with , or is antagonistic to ,
the whole interest of the State , they will have done the greatest harm they can do
.
Page xxi
gift of the elective franchise will be a great calamity to the whole nation , and to
those who gain it as great a . calamity as to any . I do not of course mean that
statesmen can choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with and
what ...
gift of the elective franchise will be a great calamity to the whole nation , and to
those who gain it as great a . calamity as to any . I do not of course mean that
statesmen can choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with and
what ...
Page xxvii
He met the half difficulty ; we have to surmount the whole one . We have to frame
such tacit rules , to establish such ruling but unenacted customs , as will make the
House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new ...
He met the half difficulty ; we have to surmount the whole one . We have to frame
such tacit rules , to establish such ruling but unenacted customs , as will make the
House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new ...
Page xxx
Rank probably in no country whatever has so much “ market " value as it has in
England just now . Of course there have been many countries in which certain
old families , whether rich or poor , were worshipped by whole populations with a
...
Rank probably in no country whatever has so much “ market " value as it has in
England just now . Of course there have been many countries in which certain
old families , whether rich or poor , were worshipped by whole populations with a
...
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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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