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Though in some ways always young, he had not a particle of sympathy with the younger generation; he brought forward no young men; he obstructed all that young men wished.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot critiques Lord Palmerston for lacking connection with the younger generation and stifling new political ideas.
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