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Walter Bagehot: There was a spirit in it alien to their spirit, and which when they could they have tried to cast out.

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There was a spirit in it alien to their spirit, and which when they could they have tried to cast out.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot describes a disconnect between the spirit of the Lords and the spirit of new legislation.

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