But though a common voter could only be ranged in an effectual constituency, and a common candidate only reach a constituency by obeying the orders of the political election-contrivers upon his side, certain voters and certain members would be quite independent of both.
Bagehot acknowledges that some voters and candidates may retain independence despite political manipulation.
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No doubt this momentary gain is bought at a ruinous after-cost.
He could have found the truth as a statesman just as he found it when a judge; but he never did find it.
The United States could not have become monarchical, even if the Constitutional Convention had decreed it, even if the component States had ratified it.
The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.
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