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But even in England, at what was the nearest to a great sudden crisis which we have had of late years--at the Crimean difficulty--we used this inherent power.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “But even in England, at what was the nearest to a great sudden crisis which we have had of late years--at the Crimean…”
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Bagehot points out that even in England's recent crises, the inherent power of the constitution was utilized effectively.
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