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There are but two foreign administrations probably better than ours, and both these have had something which we have not had.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “There are but two foreign administrations probably better than ours, and both these have had something which we have not…”
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Bagehot compares foreign administrations to the English one, suggesting they possess advantages that England lacks.
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