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Men who study the structure of Parliament, not in abstract books, but in the concrete London world, wonder not that the landed interest is very powerful, but that it is not despotic.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot expresses surprise at the power of the landed interest in Parliament, suggesting it could be more oppressive.
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