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A new Constitution does not produce its full effect as long as all its subjects were reared under an old Constitution, as long as its statesmen were trained by that old Constitution.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “A new Constitution does not produce its full effect as long as all its subjects were reared under an old Constitution…”
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Bagehot argues that a new constitution's effects are not fully realized until the populace is accustomed to it.
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