No doubt by the traditional theory, as it exists in all the books, the goodness of our constitution consists in the entire separation of the legislative and executive authorities, but in truth its merit consists in their singular approximation.
Bagehot critiques the traditional theory of separation of powers, arguing that the merit lies in their approximation.
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The power of free interchange of ideas being wanting, the ideas themselves were barren.
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