There is a diffused desire in civilised communities for an ADJUSTING legislation; for a legislation which should adapt the inherited laws to the new wants of a world which now changes every day.
Bagehot notes the growing need for legislation that adapts to the rapid changes in society.
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Now it is not conceivable that a race of beings with valuable instincts supporting their existence and supplying their wants would need these simple tools.
But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.
Perhaps such powers as these are what a wise man would most seek to exercise and least fear to possess.
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