In America, where on account of the fixedly recurring presidential election, and the perpetual minor elections, party organisation is much more effectually organised than anywhere else, the effect on the offices is tremendous.
Bagehot analyzes the impact of organized party systems on American governance.
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All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.
He could have found the truth as a statesman just as he found it when a judge; but he never did find it.
I do not think I put this too high when I say that a most important if not the most important object of early legislation was the enforcement of LUCKY rites.
Perhaps such powers as these are what a wise man would most seek to exercise and least fear to possess.
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