An Act of Parliament is at least as complex as a marriage settlement; and it is made much as a settlement would be if it were left to the vote and settled by the major part of persons concerned, including the unborn children.
Bagehot compares the complexity of an Act of Parliament to that of a marriage settlement.
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They say, We reject your Bill for this once or these twice, or even these thrice: but if you keep on sending it up, at last we won't reject it.
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.
They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.
But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
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