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Walter Bagehot: This is the true reason for admitting the working classes to a share in the representation, at least as far as the…

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This is the true reason for admitting the working classes to a share in the representation, at least as far as the composition of Parliament is to be improved by that admission.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot argues for the inclusion of the working class in political representation to enhance parliamentary composition.

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