I think it may be shown that the post of sovereign over an intelligent and political people under a constitutional monarchy is the post which a wise man would choose above any other--where he would find the intellectual impulses best stimulated and the worst intellectual impulses best controlled.
Bagehot believes that the role of sovereign in a constitutional monarchy is the most intellectually stimulating position.
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They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
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